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Lockheed Martin Nearing Assembly And Integration Of Initial Transport Layer Satellites

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, April 1st, 2022

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Lockheed Martin Nearing Assembly And Integration Of Initial Transport Layer Satellites

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About 18 months after contract award and six months from launch, Lockheed Martin [LMT] is on track to deliver its contingent of small communications satellites that will make up the initial element of the Space Development Agency’s new constellation of spacecraft aimed at connecting satellites in low earth orbit to more rapidly serve the tactical communications needs of U.S. forces. Delivery of the first satellite busses will occur “in the not-too-distant future” and “we’re in production with our suppliers to…

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