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Raytheon Ground System Passes Launch Test for Polar Orbiting Satellite

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Monday, August 29th, 2011

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Raytheon [RTN] recently said its Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Common Ground System achieved a major milestone on the road to NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) launch with the successful completion of the NPP Compatibility Test 4 this August, the last major comprehensive test prior to the scheduled October launch. The test consisted of 288 hours of continuous mission-like operations exercising the flow of data from Svalbard, Norway, through the Raytheon-developed Command, Control & Communications Segment and the National Oceanic and…

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