Overview
- The companies introduced Resolute on Thursday at the Space Symposium, pitching a flexible mid‑size bus for multi‑orbit communications and sensing missions.
- Executives said the platform targets the two‑to‑four kilowatt range between Millennium’s smallsats and Boeing’s larger GEO buses, using common avionics to avoid fresh non‑recurring engineering.
- Millennium said Resolute is in preliminary design review and should be bid‑ready in 2026, with teams now seeking a first launch customer.
- Boeing aims to deliver 26 satellites in 2026 and plans to use a new 9,000‑square‑foot electro‑optical/infrared production line in El Segundo to help raise output.
- Millennium continues to work through a backlog of about 100 spacecraft as Space Force leaders push industry to scale production under a larger budget that emphasizes faster, higher‑rate buys.