Lockheed Martin's tech demo satellite bus ready for launch

By Shelley K. Mesch / March 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
DENVER -- Lockheed Martin's self-funded, multimission satellite bus is ready for launch this week, the company said. LM 400 -- a mid-size bus capable of hosting a variety of missions and high-power payloads -- will launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA no earlier than Saturday aboard Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha Flight 6 rocket. Lockheed expects to be able to use LM 400 for government and commercial uses within the next few years, Lockheed Martin Space President Robert Lightfoot told Inside...

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