by David Todd | Sep 18, 2018 | Military space, Satellites, Seradata News
Having already won the contract for the first batch of 10 yet-to-be launched GPS 3A satellites (ordered in 2008), Lockheed Martin found itself in the enviable position of being the sole bidder for the GPS 3F (Follow-on) batch of 22 satellites, as part of a contract... 
by David Todd | Sep 13, 2018 | Satellites, Seradata News
The Lockheed Martin-backed small satellite maker Terran Orbital has received an order to build a small geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) communications satellite for GapSat – a satellite capacity broker. The satellite to be built is expected to be under 100kg in... by David Todd | Aug 20, 2018 | Military space, Satellites, Seradata News
To keep its missile attack warning defences up to date, the US Air Force has awarded a US$2.9 billion contract to Lockheed Martin for the production of three Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next Gen OPIR) early warning satellites. They will be positioned... 
by Matt Wilson | May 8, 2018 | Launches, NASA, Satellites, Science, Seradata News
The West Coast launch site of the United States of America, Vandenberg Air Force Base, hosted its first interplanetary mission on 5 May, at 1105 GMT. The mission saw a ULA (United Launch Alliance) Atlas V 401 carrying the NASA InSight Mars lander, and two CubeSats... 
by David Todd | Jan 25, 2018 | Seradata News
Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services (LMCLS), the Lockheed Martin subsidiary that has marketed commercial launches of the Atlas V, will soon be no more. The firm’s role is being taken over by the joint Boeing/Lockheed Martin firm that runs the launches: the...
