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Shuttle External Fuel Tanks Ready for Final Assembly

Mechanical Splicing Work has been completed to bring the Liquid Oxygen and Hydrogen tanks together for use on the ET-138 Shuttle scheduled for take-off in September

04 March 2010

 

5 Metre Heat Shield Construction for Orion Space Craft

Lockheed Martin and it’s partners have developed new high temperature materials for a large heat shield structure affording improved crew protection on the Orion exploration vehicle

02 March 2010

 

SXI X-Ray Imager Instrument Ready For Launch

Instrument designed by Lockheed Martin for use on weather satellite to measure the affect of solar rays on weather systems has been made ready for launch from Cape Canaveral

02 March 2010

 

Military Communications Satellite Still Functional After 10 Years in Orbit

Air Force Communication System using Lockheed Martin satellite continues to provide communications capabilities to the troops after a decade of active service

01 March 2010

 

Stardust-NexT Spacecraft Manoeuvres in Preparation for 2011 Contact with Tempel 1 Comet

After 4000 days of flight, Lockheed Martin-built Stardust robust spacecraft still on target for its next mission objective of encountering Tempel 1 comet on Saint Valentine’s day in 2011

19 February 2010

 

Steve Wozniak To Open MILCOM 2010

Apple Co-Founder to provide the opening address to this year’s MILCOM event taking place in San Jose in October at which Lockheed Martin Space Systems will be one of the corporate hosts

18 February 2010

 

Space Based Early Warning System Test Milestone Reached

The second space based infrared system satellite from Lockheed Martin Space Systems has undergone integrated testing to verify its capabilities for detecting missile launches

17 February 2010

 

Laser Weapon Successfully Aimed at Target from Onboard Boeing 747

Joint project between Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin Space Systems results in successful test destruction of ballistic missile from laser beam weapon mounted aboard a Boeing 747-400F

15 February 2010

 

Lockheed Martin Instrumentation takes off aboard Atlas V Rocket

The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly including sensors built at Lockheed Martin Space Systems will examine the solar corona on a mission launched on Thursday

12 February 2010

 

Solar instruments from Lockheed Martin await use on board Atlas V

The mission to study weather systems in the heliosphere aboard Atlas V includes the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly containing solar instruments from the laboratories of Lockheed Martin Space Systems for examining the solar corona

04 February 2010

 

Orion Cancellation Proposal Condemned by Lockheed Martin

NASA Proposed Budget Cuts involving the Cancellation of Project Orion wastes significant investment already made and leaves gap in space program after the shuttle

04 February 2010

 

Ground-Based Midcourse Defence Division Gains new VP

Experienced professional involved in missile defence systems takes Vice President Position in Lockheed Martin Space Systems in charge of Ground-Based Midcourse Defence (GMD)

04 February 2010

 

Operational Capability for Space Vehicle Integration Laboratory

Plug and Play Architecture comes alive in the Space Industry with the achievement of operational capability of Lockheed Martin’s SVIL facility

26 January 2010

 

MUOS Satellite mated with propulsion system

Military communication satellite module now fitted with propulsion system for positioning to final orbit location as well as subsequent on-orbit re-positioning

21 January 2010

 

Launch support test achieved on SBIRS program

Lockheed Martin Space Systems and the US Air Force have achieved a key testing program on the Space-Based Infrared System GEO-1 satellite for infrared surveillance and battlespace awareness

15 January 2010

 

Solar Ultraviolet Imager reaches design review milestone

The Lockheed Martin designed SUVI for a NASA environmental satellite has passed its critical design review enabling the project to pass to the fabrication stage

18 December 2009

 

WISE mission to launch with Lockheed Martin Cryostat

The long awaited Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer mission is due to launch tomorrow with a dual stage cryostat on board produced by Lockheed Martin Space Systems Advanced Technology Center in Palo Alto

10 December 2009

 

Trident II D5 Missile contract from US Navy

The Space Systems division of Lockheed Martin will supply missile hardware and re-entry systems for the Trident D5 program to the US Navy during 2010

09 December 2009

 
 

 

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