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Lockheed Martin

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Bethesda, Maryland, United States
www.lockheedmartin.com
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Lockheed Martin will launch the 0.005 kg NTN payload to orbit in 2024 on a self-funded mission to prove its capability to connect the globe.

Mentioned as: lockheed martinTechnical ProductNov 14, 2023Lockheed Martin preps 1st 5G.MIL® Payload for orbit

Radisys supplied 0.005 kg NTN Layer 2/3 and 0.005 kg Stand Alone Core software and worked with Lockheed Martin to enable interface implementation for integration with L1 and RIC solutions.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipNov 14, 2023Lockheed Martin preps 1st 5G.MIL® Payload for orbit

AccelerComm provided an advanced 0.005 kg NTN Layer 1 PHY solution developed to support Lockheed Martin’s system requirements and space flight hardware specifications.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralNov 14, 2023Lockheed Martin preps 1st 5G.MIL® Payload for orbit

Lockheed Martin connected the Advanced 0.005 kg Satellite Base Station to industry-leading prototype NTN user equipment through a space communications channel emulator that introduced doppler and delay parameters consistent with a satellite Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

Mentioned as: lockheed martinTechnical ProductNov 14, 2023Lockheed Martin preps 1st 5G.MIL® Payload for orbit

Lockheed Martin developed the Advanced 0.005 kg NTN Satellite Base Station as a space component of its 0.005 kg.MIL Unified Network Solutions Program.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinTechnical ProductNov 14, 2023Lockheed Martin preps 1st 5G.MIL® Payload for orbit

Keysight supported 3GPP standards-based development testing of Lockheed Martin’s regenerative 0.005 kg NTN base station using their 0.005 kg NTN user equipment simulation (UeSIM) product suite.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipNov 14, 2023Lockheed Martin preps 1st 5G.MIL® Payload for orbit

The Advanced 0.005 kg Satellite Base Station is a central element of Lockheed Martin’s vision to provide global 0.005 kg connectivity.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinTechnical ProductNov 14, 2023Lockheed Martin preps 1st 5G.MIL® Payload for orbit

Lockheed Martin conducted a successful October lab demonstration validating its space payload designed to deliver global advanced communications capabilities from orbit.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralNov 14, 2023Lockheed Martin preps 1st 5G.MIL® Payload for orbit

Lockheed Martin’s standards-based approach for the Advanced 0.005 kg Satellite Base Station is compliant with 3GPP Release 17 and was developed in anticipation of pre-Release 18 and 19 regenerative specifications.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipNov 14, 2023Lockheed Martin preps 1st 5G.MIL® Payload for orbit

Lockheed Martin developed and operates the current proprietary ground stations for SBIRS and Next-Gen OPIR.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinTechnical ProductNov 9, 2023Four bidders selected to develop ground systems for U.S. missile-warning satellites

The Space Systems Command started the FORGE program in 2019 to create an open architecture for missile-warning ground systems to replace the current proprietary ground stations developed and operated by Lockheed Martin.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipNov 9, 2023Four bidders selected to develop ground systems for U.S. missile-warning satellites

The NASA-funded, Lockheed Martin-built OSIRIS-REx return craft completed a seven-year, $1,200,000,000 mission and touched down in the Utah desert on 2023-09-24 with samples collected from asteroid Bennu in 2020.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipNov 6, 2023Unveiling the Civil Space Achievement of the Year finalists for the SpaceNews 2023 Icon Awards

Terran Orbital was awarded a contract to provide 36 satellite buses to support Lockheed Martin's $816,000,000 contract for the Space Development Agency's Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL), which is scheduled for late 2026.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipNov 5, 2023Terran Orbital awarded an Engineering Change Proposal contract by Lockheed Martin

Last year, Terran Orbital delivered 10 satellite buses to Lockheed Martin in support of Lockheed Martin's Tranche 0 Transport Layer contract with the Space Development Agency (SDA).

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipNov 5, 2023Terran Orbital awarded an Engineering Change Proposal contract by Lockheed Martin

Terran Orbital is currently building 42 satellite buses for Lockheed Martin to support Lockheed Martin's $700,000,000 contract for the Space Development Agency's Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL), which is scheduled for a late 2024 launch.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipNov 5, 2023Terran Orbital awarded an Engineering Change Proposal contract by Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin awarded Terran Orbital Corporation an Engineering Change Proposal to host additional payloads.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinNarrative GeneralNov 5, 2023Terran Orbital awarded an Engineering Change Proposal contract by Lockheed Martin

The Space Development Agency awarded contracts to Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and York Space Systems to build Transport Layer Tranche 2 satellites equipped with optical and radio-frequency communications terminals.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipNov 2, 2023SpaceRake wins $1.8 million in SDA funding for optical communications terminals

Lockheed Martin attempted to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne in 2020 for $4,400,000,000 but that acquisition was blocked by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipNov 1, 2023SpaceNews Icon Awards honorees: Deal of the Year

TESAT was selected to deliver optical communications terminals to Lockheed Martin for integration on Lockheed Martin’s 42 SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipOct 30, 2023TESAT Successfully Completes Interoperability Tests for its Optical Communication Terminal

TESAT’s Optical Communication Terminals passed interoperability testing for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites to be built by Lockheed Martin.

Mentioned as: Lockheed MartinOrg RelationshipOct 30, 2023TESAT Successfully Completes Interoperability Tests for its Optical Communication Terminal
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