Communications satellite Archives

U.S. Air Force Declares Second Lockheed Martin GPS III Satellite “Available for Launch”

August 21, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Communications satellite, Global Positioning System (GPS), GPS Block IIIA, GPS III, Lockheed Martin, Military satellite, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

The U.S. Air Force has declared that the second GPS III satellite is complete, fully tested and ready to launch

Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite

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Lockheed Martin Ships Fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Military Communications Satellite to Cape Canaveral AFS

August 7, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Satellite, AEHF-4, Atlas-V rocket, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Communications satellite, Lockheed Martin, Military satellite, U.S. Armed Forces, USA

Lockheed Martin shipped the fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite July 27 to Cape Canaveral Air Force

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Lockheed Martin’s Fifth AEHF Protected Communications Satellite Completes Launch Environment Test

May 21, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Satellite, AEHF-4, AEHF-5, Communications satellite, Lockheed Martin, Military satellite, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

Lockheed Martin’s fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-5) satellite completed the launch environment tests successfully and is now in system-level

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SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launches Fifth Batch of Iridium NEXT Satellites

April 5, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Communications satellite, Falcon 9, Iridium Communications, Iridium NEXT, Launch Vehicle/ Carrier Rocket, SpaceX Technologies, Thales Alenia Space, USA, Vandenberg AFB

The fifth batch of Iridium NEXT satellites built by Thales Alenia Space has been successfully launched abroad a SpaceX Falcon

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Lockheed Martin Wins Contract Modification for AEHF, Milstar and DSCS III Support

March 19, 2018 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Satellite, Communications satellite, Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS), Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Military satellite, Milstar satellite, Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

Lockheed Martin Space Systems has been awarded a contract modification for services required to support operations and sustainment for Advanced

Asia-Pacific Space

Lockheed Martin Begins Assembly of JCSAT-17 Commercial Communications Satellite

March 11, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Communications satellite, Japan, Lockheed Martin, SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (SJC)

The assembly, test and launch operations (ATLO) team at Lockheed Martin has started production of a new commercial satellite, JCSAT-17,

Middle East Space

Lockheed Martin Completes Assembly of Arabsat’s Newest Communications Satellite, Arabsat-6A

February 20, 2018February 20, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Arabsat, Arabsat-6A, Arabsat-6G, Communications satellite, Lockheed Martin, Saudi Arabia

Lockheed Martin has completed assembly on the Arabsat-6A satellite, which was recently shipped to its Sunnyvale, California facility to begin a comprehensive