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Business/Financial

Lockheed Martin Transitions To Apps-based Ground Station Frameworks

Tuesday, April 14th, 2015

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Lockheed Martin [LMT] is moving to integrate customized applications (apps) into its ground station solutions to provide more efficiency between operators and missions, the company said on Tuesday.Satellite operators have tasks such as programming a satellite to orbit in a desired path, receiving continuous streams of data from space, and monitoring data from ground sensors and launch activities."We want to shape the future of the industry. Transitioning to software-based mission-agnostic ground systems provides a flexible, simpler model with a lower…

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