Space
& Satellite
•Number Employed:
40,000
•Major Companies: Ball Aerospace, Boeing, EchoStar, Hughes Space
& Communications, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon/TRW, DigitalGlobe, Space
Imaging, Boulder Imaging
•Major Locations:
Colorado Springs, Denver, Boulder
•Space-Related Firms: 100-plus
•Additional Information and Statistics:
- 28,574 military personnel and 10,701 civilians are stationed at Colorado
Military Bases.
- Federal spending in Colorado by NASA and the Department of Defense totaled
more than $4.8 billion in 2001
- The Colorado Space Strategy Initiative aims to create a more favorable
business
climate for the space industry within the state
- Northern Command (Northcom), at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado
Springs, is playing a key role in U.S. homeland defense
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