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The Sutherland spaceport, also known as Space Hub Sutherland or UK Vertical Launch (UKVL) Sutherland, is a planned spaceport to be located in Sutherland in Scotland. It would be the first vertical launch capable spaceport in the United Kingdom, [note 1] and operated by a commercial entity. The spaceport is intended to support the Orbex Prime ...
The transaction between Lockheed Martin and Space Transport Inc. completed in October 2006. Lockheed Martin has retained all rights related to marketing the commercial Atlas vehicle and is continuing to offer Atlas launch services to the worldwide commercial market through its subsidiary, Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services, Inc. (LMCLS).
The first satellite in the series was projected to launch in 2014, but significant delays pushed the launch to December 2018. The tenth and final GPS Block III launch is projected in FY2026. Development GPS III SV-01 sits in Lockheed Martin's GPS III Processing facility after its successful core mate.
The Multi-Mission Unmanned Ground Vehicle, previously known as the Multifunction Utility/Logistics and Equipment vehicle (MULE), was an autonomous unmanned ground combat vehicle developed by Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control for the United States Army's Future Combat Systems and BCT Modernization programs. The last component of the ...
USA-193. USA-193, also known as NRO Launch 21 ( NROL-21 or simply L-21 ), was a United States military reconnaissance satellite ( radar imaging) launched on 14 December 2006. [2] It was the first launch conducted by the United Launch Alliance (ULA). [3] Owned by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), the craft's precise function and purpose ...
Lockheed Martin will manage, build and operate the spacecraft. After riding along with the launch of NASA's Psyche mission, the Janus twins would have separated and completed an orbit around the Sun , before heading back toward Earth for a gravity assisted sling-shot , each going their separate ways to the two asteroids, (175706) 1996 FG 3 and ...
Last launch. USA-169, 2003-04-08. Milstar (Military Strategic and Tactical Relay) [1] is a constellation of military communications satellites in geosynchronous orbit, which are operated by the United States Space Force, and provide secure and jam-resistant worldwide communications to meet the requirements of the Armed Forces of the United States.
0 ft (Hit to kill) Transport. TEL. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense ( THAAD ), formerly Theater High Altitude Area Defense, is an American anti-ballistic missile defense system designed to shoot down short, medium, and intermediate-range ballistic missiles in their terminal phase (descent or reentry) by intercepting with a hit-to-kill approach.