Lockmart's InterSputnik Coup

By Space War Editorial Team · Editorial process

Published June 30, 2000

Behind Lockheed Martin's new joint InterSputnik venture lies a brilliant marketing plan: maximum utilization of the company's A2100 spacecraft bus -as well as use of its contacts derived from working with the Russian government on the Proton launcher. And Lockheed gets the bonus of InterSputnik's existing 15 "parking spaces" in geostationary orbit, which just might prove to be the most valuable part of the deal.

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