SSL (company)

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SSL, formerly Space Systems/Loral, LLC (SS/L), of Palo Alto, California, is a wholly owned manufacturing subsidiary of Maxar Technologies.

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SSL
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryAerospace
Founded1957 (as Philco WDL)
1990 (as Space Systems/Loral)
HeadquartersPalo Alto, California, USA
Number of employees
2900
ParentMaxar Technologies
WebsiteSSL
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SSL designs and builds satellites and space systems for a wide variety of government and commercial customers. Its products include high-powered direct-to-home broadcast satellites, commercial weather satellites, digital audio radio satellites, Earth observation satellites and spot-beam satellites for data networking applications.