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Artemis Sensor Activated Aboard TacSat-3 Satellite

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Monday, June 8th, 2009

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The Artemis hyperspectral imaging sensor was activated on the TacSat-3 satellite, and Artemis is fully functional, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. Activation marks the beginning of the year-long TacSat-3 mission to test the payload's ability to deliver tactical surveillance information from space to military field commanders within 10 minutes of data acquisition. Artemis was developed in 15 months as an experiment in rapid deployment funded by a $15 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory. Data collection is scheduled to…

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