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LM: IKONOS satellite achieves 13 years in operations

Sunnyvale, Usa - New commercial imaging spacecraft progressing

Lockheed Martin is making steady progress in a key test phase on GeoEye’s next-generation, high-resolution imaging satellite, GeoEye-2, as IKONOS, the world’s first commercial remote sensing spacecraft marks 13 years of outstanding services for GeoEye’s customers around the globe. Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company is developing GeoEye-2 under a fixed-price contract with GeoEye. The satellite is cu...

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Rome, Italy, 10/10/2012 21:19
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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