Maxar (MAXR) 8-KEntry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Exhibit 5.1

	811 Main Street, Suite 3700
	Houston, TX 77002
	Tel: +1.713.546.5400 Fax: +1.713.546.5401
	www.lw.com
	FIRM / AFFILIATE OFFICES
	Beijing	Moscow
	Boston	Munich
	Brussels	New York
	Century City	Orange County
	Chicago	Paris
March 22, 2021	Dubai	Riyadh
	Düsseldorf	San Diego
	Frankfurt	San Francisco
	Hamburg	Seoul
	Hong Kong	Shanghai
	Houston	Silicon Valley
	London	Singapore
Maxar Technologies Inc.	Los Angeles	Tokyo
1300 W. 120th Avenue	Madrid	Washington, D.C.
Westminster, Colorado 80234	Milan

Re: Offering of Common Stock

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special counsel to Maxar Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the proposed issuance of up to 11,500,000 shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Shares”), pursuant to a prospectus supplement dated March 17, 2021 and the base prospectus included in the Registration Statement referred to below (together, the “Prospectus”), and an underwriting agreement dated March 17, 2021 between the Company and the underwriters named therein (the “Underwriting Agreement”).

The Shares are included in a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on March 15, 2021 (Registration No. 333-254280) (as so filed and as amended, the “Registration Statement”). This opinion is being furnished in connection with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement or related Prospectus, other than as expressly stated herein with respect to the issue of the Shares.

As such counsel, we have examined such matters of fact and questions of law as we have considered appropriate for purposes of this letter. With your consent, we have relied upon certificates and other assurances of officers of the Company and others as to factual matters without having independently verified such factual matters. We are opining herein as to the Delaware General Corporation Law, and we express no opinion with respect to any other laws.

Subject to the foregoing and the other matters set forth herein, it is our opinion that, as of the date hereof, when the Shares shall have been duly registered on the books of the transfer agent and registrar therefor in the name or on behalf of the purchasers, in the circumstances contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, the issue and sale of the Shares have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company and the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. In rendering the foregoing opinion, we have assumed that the Company will comply with all applicable notice requirements regarding uncertificated shares provided in the Delaware General Corporation Law.

This opinion is for your benefit in connection with the Registration Statement and may be relied upon by you and by persons entitled to rely upon it pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Act. We consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Company’s Form 8-K dated March 22, 2021 and to the reference to our firm in the Prospectus under the heading “Legal Matters.” In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.