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Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corp., has been selected by GeoEye Inc. to launch its next- generation, high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite, GeoEye-2, on an Atlas V rocket.
The 4,600-pound satellite will be ready for launch in late 2012 and be operational in early 2013.
In March,Virginia-based GeoEye selected Lockheed Martin in Jefferson County to build GeoEye-2. GeoEye chief operating officer Bill Schuster said Lockheed was chosen “to build and now launch GeoEye-2 because of its 50-year heritage in designing, manufacturing and launching payloads into the perfect orbit.”
