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Lockheed Martin To Demonstrate Speed To Mission With On-Orbit Sensor Calibration

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Lockheed Martin To Demonstrate Speed To Mission With On-Orbit Sensor Calibration
Lockheed Martin's upcoming technology demonstration is designed to showcase a unique, highly producible electronically steerable antenna on orbit. Image: Lockheed Martin

To showcase its ability to meet warfighter needs more rapidly, Lockheed Martin [LMT] in December will demonstrate that it can calibrate a new sensor on-orbit faster than is typical so that it can begin operating quickly. The company’s new wideband electronically steerable (ESA) payload demonstrator was integrated on a Terran Orbital [LLAP]-built Nebula small satellite bus and will be launched next month aboard a Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket. It usually takes months to power-on and calibrate on-orbit sensors before they…

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