Sierra Space

Sierra Space Corporation
Company typePrivately Held
IndustryAerospace and space technology
FoundedApril 21, 2021
FoundersEren Ozmen & Fatih Ozmen[citation needed]
Headquarters
Number of locations
6
Area served
United States of America
Key people
Tom Vice (CEO)
ProductsSpace components, subsystems and systems, Dream Chaser, Orbital Reef
Number of employees
~2000
ParentSierra Nevada Corporation
WebsiteSierraSpace.com

Sierra Space Corporation is a privately held aerospace and space technologies company headquartered in Louisville, Colorado,[2] with additional facilities in Colorado, Wisconsin, Florida, North Carolina and a testing site at the Marshal Space Flight Center in Alabama.[3][4] The company makes spaceflight hardware for various applications across the industry. It is currently developing the Dream Chaser spaceplane.[5] The spaceplane was selected by NASA to provide services to the International Space Station under NASA's Commercial Resupply Service 2 contract.[6][7] The company is also in collaboration with Blue Origin to develop components of the Orbital Reef space station.[8]

  1. ^ "Sierra Space · 1722 Boxelder St, Louisville, CO 80027".
  2. ^ "Sierra Space Corp". Bloomberg.
  3. ^ JUDITH KOHLER (October 9, 2022). "Sierra Space says industrial revolution underway "250 miles above our heads"". Denver Post.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Wintzell was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Dream Chaser: Sierra Space's design for spaceflight". Space.com. April 14, 2023. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  6. ^ "Dream Chaser". Sierra Space. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
  7. ^ Foust, Jeff (2023-11-06). "Sierra Space completes first Dream Chaser". SpaceNews. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
  8. ^ "Blue Origin and Sierra Space developing commercial space station". Blue Origin. October 25, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2023.