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Space News July 15, 2011

2nd Boeing GPS IIF Satellite Ready for Launch from Cape Canaveral

Boeing announced today that the second of 12 GPS IIF satellites it is building for the U.S. Air Force has successfully completed prelaunch testing. GPS…

Space News June 29, 2011

Lockheed Martin-Built Communications Satellite Ready For Launch For Japanese Customers

The BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R broadcasting and telecommunications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] for the Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT) and SKY Perfect JSAT…

Military Aviation News, Space News May 4, 2011

U.S. Air Force Poised To Launch First-Of-Its-Kind Space Based Infrared System Satellite

The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin [NYSE : LMT] are ready to launch the first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) spacecraft on…

Military Aviation News, Space News March 23, 2011

First Lockheed Martin-Built Milstar II Satellite Marks 10 Years in Service

The first Milstar II military communications satellite, built by a Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] team for the U.S. Air Force, has surpassed its 10-year design…

Space News March 15, 2011

Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services Selected to Launch DigitalGlobe WorldView-3 Earth Imaging Satellite

DENVER, Colo., March 15th, 2011 — Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Lockheed Martin Corporation [NYSE: LMT], announced today that it…

Space News March 14, 2011

SPACEX AND SES ANNOUNCE SATELLITE LAUNCH AGREEMENT

Falcon 9 booster to launch SES-8 to GTO in 2013 Hawthorne, CA/ Luxembourgâ€“ As the Satellite 2011 conference kicked off in Washington, D.C., Space Exploration…

Space News March 4, 2011

NASA Glory Satellite Fails To Reach Orbit

WASHINGTON — NASA’s Glory mission ended Friday after the spacecraft failed to reach orbit following its launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. NASA…

Space News March 1, 2011

NASA’s Glory Satellite Scheduled for Launch on March 4

NASA’s Glory spacecraft is scheduled for launch on Friday, March 4. Technical issues with ground support equipment for the Taurus XL launch vehicle led to…

Space News February 22, 2011

Boeing Forms Commercial Satellite Services Group to Sell Satellite Capacity

Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced today that it has established Boeing Commercial Satellite Services to market commercial satellite telecommunications services to the U.S. government and other…

Military Aviation News, Space News February 15, 2011

Lockheed Martin-Built GPS Satellite Exceeds 10 Years On-Orbit

Next-Generation GPS III Program Advancing Through Production Phase The seventh Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-7/SVN-54) satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE:…

Space News February 1, 2011

Lockheed Martin Team Completes Goes-R Weather Satellite Preliminary Design Review

The Lockheed Martin team designing NASA and NOAAâ€™s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-series (GOES-R) weather satellite has successfully completed its system Preliminary Design Review, a…

Military Aviation News, Space News August 15, 2010

First Advanced Extremely High Frequency Satellite Built By Lockheed Martin Launched Successfully

National asset will provide significant new communications capabilities to warfighter CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, August 14th, 2010 — The first Advanced Extremely High Frequency…