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Space

AEHF Satellite Program Progresses

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Monday, June 16th, 2008

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The second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite saw its spacecraft core structure mated with the payload module, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. AEHF will provide global, highly secure, protected, survivable communications for all warfighters serving in the Department of Defense. That satellite is based on the Lockheed A2100 geosynchronous spacecraft series. The AEHF core structure contains the integrated propulsion system as well as panels and other components that serve as the structural foundation of the satellite. The…

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