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Maxar Space

Products: Space arm. Risk band: Elevated   RobotRisk index 21.8/100 (incidents/exposure, time-weighted) · 40th percentile of 6 space robotics companies.

Analyst brief

Maxar Space's record consists of a single entry: NASA's March 2024 cancellation of the $2 billion OSAM-1 robotic satellite-servicing mission, attributed to Maxar performance and classified as a mission-loss event of severity 4. This is a one-event record with no additional incidents to establish frequency or trend. The index of 22 and 40th percentile place Maxar in the middle of the space-robotics category, a standing set by this single program-level failure. The record originates from a government agency action, NASA's mission cancellation, rather than from press-driven incident reporting alone.

Entries by year and severity

012024 S4: 1124
S1S2S3S4S5

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Incident log (1 unique incidents)

SevDateTypeLocationIncidentSource
S403/01
2024
mission-loss NASA cancels $2B OSAM-1 robotic satellite-servicing mission over Maxar performance · 1 program, ~$2B mission cancelled CNBC

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