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STSS Demo Satellites Ready For Missile Defense Tests

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Thursday, January 20th, 2011

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The Space Tracking and Surveillance (STSS) demonstration program satellites are ready to participate in missile defense tests after on-orbit calibration of the acquisitions and track sensors for both spacecraft were completed late last year by prime contractor Northrop Grumman [NOC], the company said in a statement released yesterday. Sensor calibration was the last major step during the on-orbit tests of the space vehicles, which were launched Sept. 25, 2009, in tandem configuration from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. "We…

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