Blog-Shaw Capital Management News: U.
S.
Air
Force’s Second Missile Warning Satellite
Completes Major Environmental Test at
Lockheed Martin
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Blog-Shaw Capital Management News: U.
S.
Air
Force’s Second Missile Warning Satellite
Completes Major Environmental Test at
Lockheed Martin
http://www.
prnewswire.
com/news-releases/us-air-forces-second-missile-warning-satellite-completes-majorenvironmental-test-at-lockheed-martin-127827248.
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SUNNYVALE, Calif.
, Aug.
16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has successfully
completed acoustic testing of the second Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-2)
spacecraft.
The U.
S.
Air Force’s SBIRS satellites provide the nation with significantly improved missile warning
capabilities and simultaneously support other critical missions including missile defense, technical intelligence
and battlespace awareness.
During acoustic testing, the fully integrated GEO-2 spacecraft was paced through the maximum sound and
vibration levels expected during launch into orbit.
Acoustic and pyroshock testing are among several critical
environmental test phases that vali
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