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Lockheed Martin To Provide Launch Services For First Commercial Earth Observation Satellite

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Thursday, May 22nd, 2014

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Lockheed Martin To Provide Launch Services For First Commercial Earth Observation Satellite

WorldView-3 Satellite. Photo: DigitalGlobe.

Lockheed Martin [LMT] said Thursday its commercial launch division will provide launch services for DigitalGlobe [DGI] as it sends the first super-spectral, high-resolution commercial satellite for earth observation to space on Aug. 13. DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 satellite will be carried aboard an Atlas V rocket. The launch had been previously set for August, but no provider had been mentioned. The launch is scheduled for 11:29 a.m. Pacific Daylight at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. WorldView-3 will be able to gather 680,000 square kilometers…

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