Terran Orbital, a publicly traded satellite maker based in Boca Raton, is dropping Florida’s Space Coast as the site for a proposed factory in favor of a location in Southern California.
The company’s explanation: its California location can ramp up production faster than the three years it would take to build a facility in Central Florida.
“Terran Orbital’s advanced manufacturing capabilities, which were originally planned for expansion on Florida’s Space Coast in partnership with Space Florida, have been accelerated and will now be based in Irvine, California,” the company said in a statement. “Terran Orbital has added over 140,000 square feet in Irvine alone in the past 12 months.”
