True Anomaly Opens New Manufacturing Facility Ahead of 2024 Mission

True Anomaly opens the GravityWorks factory in Centennial, Colorado, on Aug. 17. Photo: True Anomaly

True Anomaly, which recently emerged from stealth mode, opened a new spacecraft manufacturing facility called GravityWorks in Centennial, Colorado on Aug. 17. 

The company gave a bold projection for the new facility, saying its novel assembly line approach will be able to produce a fully-tested satellite every five days. The 35,000-square-foot facility serves as the home of its Jackal autonomous orbital vehicles (AOVs). 

True Anomaly also announced on Thursday that it received a license from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to operate its first two Jackal vehicles for non-Earth imaging remote sensing, which will include radar, shortwave infrared, longwave infrared, and visible wide and narrow field of view imagery. The company also received FCC authorizations to conduct on-ground testing of Jackal transmitters and to demonstrate spacecraft-to-spacecraft rendezvous once the spacecraft are on orbit. 

The two Jackal vehicles are slated for launch in February 2024 aboard on the SpaceX Transporter-10 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

“The GravityWorks facility — including the patent-pending satellite design, engineering processes and world-class talent — is instrumental in True Anomaly’s ability to deliver resilient offerings at scale to help the U.S., its allies, and partners meet continuously evolving space security and sustainability challenges,” said True Anomaly CEO Even Rogers.