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Archive for January 8th, 2013

GOES-R Solar Ultraviolet Imager passes pre-environmental review

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The Lockheed Martin team, awarded a contract by NASA in 2007 to design and build the Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R Series, has met the requirements of a Pre-Environmental Review (PER).

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Ball Aerospace OMPS sensor for JPSS-1 progressing ahead of schedule

January 8th, 2013 by

The Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) instrument being built for the first Joint Polar Satellite System satellite (JPSS-1) is progressing ahead of schedule and on budget.

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ATK under contract to Israel Aerospace Industries for solar array on Amos-6

January 8th, 2013 by

ATK’s Space Components Division in Goleta, California signed a contract with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to provide the solar array to power the Amos-6 (Affordable Modular Optimised Satellite).

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GeoEye announces first sale of stereo imagery products to the Government of India

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GeoEye, Inc. announced that it received an order from the Government of India for stereo imagery from the high resolution GeoEye-1 satellite to support development of India’s freight railway corridor.

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Lockheed Martin completes MUOS waveform

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Lockheed Martin has completed and delivered the software waveform for the U.S. Navy’s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS). The new waveform will enable military satellite communications terminal providers to deploy equipment that takes full advantage of enhanced MUOS capabilities.

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