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  • Lockheed Tests Arabsat Comms Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Tests Arabsat Comms Satellite

    Lockheed Martin has started a testing a communications satellite that the company currently develops for Saudi Arabia-based satellite operator Arabsat. Lockheed said Tuesday the Arabsat-6A satellite will undergo a series of tests at the company’s Sunnyvale, California facility to validate whether the spacecraft is ready to operate in orbit. Arabsat CEO Khalid Balkheyour said Arabsat-6A will join […] More

  • Lockheed Assembles First Comms Satellite for Saudi Arabia-Based Operator - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Assembles First Comms Satellite for Saudi Arabia-Based Operator

    Lockheed Martin has finished assembly and integration work on the first of two communications satellites the U.S. aerospace contractor is building for Arabsat and King Abdulaziz City’s Science and Technology organization in Saudi Arabia. Lockheed said Thursday it shipped the Hellas-Sat-4/SaudiGeoSat-1 satellite to a company facility in Sunnyvale, California to undergo environmental tests that would simulate various  launch and space […] More