United Space Alliance
American spaceflight corporation (1995–2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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United Space Alliance (USA) was a spaceflight operations company. USA was established in August 1995 as joint venture of Rockwell International and Lockheed Martin, primarily to support operations of the Space Shuttle. The sale of Rockwell's aerospace and defense assets to Boeing in December 1996 made Boeing the co-owner along with Lockheed for the rest of the company's corporate existence. The company was headquartered in Houston, Texas and in 2008 employed approximately 8,800 people in Texas, Florida, Alabama, and the Washington, D.C. area. The company was dissolved on 20 December 2019.
In this article, USA refers to the United Space Alliance, not the United States.
Not to be confused with United Launch Alliance.
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Company type | Joint venture |
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Industry | Space |
Founded | August 1995 (1995-08) |
Defunct | 20 December 2019 ![]() |
Headquarters | Houston, Texas |
Key people | Michael J. McCulley (CEO 2003–2007) |
Products | Spaceflight operations |
Revenue | US $2.0 billion (2005)[citation needed] |
Number of employees | 8,800 (2008)[1] |
Parent | Boeing (50%) Lockheed Martin (50%) |
Website | unitedspacealliance |
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