LockMart Delivers Hardware For 3rd Advanced EHF Military CommSat

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"Delivery of the third AEHF flight structure in just 10 months since contract start is a significant achievement and reflects the team's commitment to successfully executing this critical program," said Julie Sattler, vice president, Lockheed Martin Space Systems. "AEHF will provide unprecedented communications capabilities to the warfighter and we look forward to achieving mission success for our customer."

by Staff Writers
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Dec 27, 2006
Lockheed Martin has announced that it has delivered ahead of schedule the flight structure for the third space vehicle in the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) program to the company's Mississippi facility for integration with its propulsion subsystem. AEHF satellites will provide global, highly secure, protected, survivable communications for warfighters in all services within the Department of Defense.

Over the next several months, a team of engineers and technicians at Lockheed Martin's Mississippi Space and Technology Center, an advanced propulsion, thermal, and metrology facility located at the John C. Stennis Space Center, will integrate the spacecraft's propulsion subsystem, which is essential for maneuvering the satellite during transfer orbit to its final location as well as conducting on-orbit operations and repositioning maneuvers throughout its mission life.

AEHF satellites are based on Lockheed Martin's flight-proven A2100 geosynchronous spacecraft series and will deliver 10 times greater total capacity and channel data rates six times higher than that of Milstar II communications satellites. The higher data rates permit transmission of tactical military communications such as real-time video, battlefield maps and targeting data.

Lockheed Martin is currently under contract to provide three Advanced EHF satellites and command control system to its customer, the Military Satellite Communications Systems Wing at the Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles, Calif. The contract for a third AEHF spacecraft was awarded early this year.

Production of the first two satellites is also progressing on-schedule. In early 2007, the integrated propulsion module for the first AEHF space vehicle is scheduled for delivery from Mississippi to Lockheed Martin's facilities in Sunnyvale, Calif. Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, Calif., the AEHF payload provider, is also on track to ship the first payload module to Sunnyvale early next year.

With the propulsion module and payload in place, the team will begin final assembly, integration and test in preparation for launch in April 2008. Development of the second AEHF satellite is following close behind and proceeding on schedule for launch in April 2009.

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Russia Seeking To Extend Use Of Cold War Missile Stocks

Moscow (AFP) Dec 21, 2006
Russia tested a 19-year old intercontinental ballistic missile Thursday as part of a move to prolong effectiveness of old Cold War stockpiles, the defence ministry said. The SS-18 Satan missile was launched at 11:20 am (0820 GMT) in the Orenburg region south of the Urals, successfully reaching its target in the far-eastern Kamchatka region, defence ministry spokesman Igor Kostyshin told AFP.

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