🚀Lockheed Martin Completes Assembly on Arabsat’s Newest Communications Satellite – Feb 20, 2018

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🚀Lockheed Martin Completes Assembly on Arabsat’s Newest Communications Satellite – Feb 20, 2018

Lockheed Martin has started a testing a communications satellite that the company currently develops for Saudi Arabia-based satellite operator Arabsat.

Lockheed said Tuesday the Arabsat-6A satellite will undergo a series of tests at the company’s Sunnyvale, California facility to validate whether the spacecraft is ready to operate in orbit.

https://news.lockheedmartin.com/2018-02-20-Lockheed-Martin-Completes-Assembly-on-Arabsats-Newest-Communications-Satellite#assets_20295_128406-117

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