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Lockheed Martin Team Finishes PDR Early For GeoEye-2

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Monday, December 20th, 2010

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By B.C. Kessner The Lockheed Martin [LMT] team designing GeoEye's [GEOY] next-generation, high-resolution imaging satellite, known as GeoEye-2, successfully completed the program's Preliminary Design Review (PDR) three weeks ahead of the planned schedule, the company said recently. "The steady pace at which we are progressing on GeoEye-2 is fully aligned with the cost, schedule and technical requirements established by our customer," Allen Anderson, GeoEye-2 program manager for Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, said in a statement. "We understand that achieving…

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