Lockheed Martin Space Systems

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Lockheed Martin Space Systems is one of the 4 major business divisions of Lockheed Martin. From a rich history of major companies Lockheed Martin has brought them together to offer design, integration, and production of:

• space launch vehicles
• satellites for commercial and military space
• and missile offense/defense systems

Contents 1 History 2 Corporate Hierarchy 3 Divisions 4 External links

[edit] History

RCA Astro Electronics, a division of RCA was formed in the late 1950s and went on to become one of the leading manufacturers of satellites and related systems. RCA Astro Electronics was based in East Windsor, New Jersey. When General Electric purchased RCA in 1986 Astro Electronics was renamed GE Astro Space. This was sold to Martin Marietta in 1993 and became part of Lockheed Martin in 1995 following that company's merger with the Lockheed Corporation.

In 1995 Lockheed Martin announced the closure of the New Jersey facility and the relocation of operations to Sunnyvale, California. The New Jersey facility finished the orders it had and closed in 1998. Commercial space operations have recently moved back to a new facility in Newtown, PA. Lockheed Martin Space Systems is now based in Denver, but still does considerable operations from Sunnyvale. Also located near Sunnyvale is the ATC (Advanced Technology Center), which is located in Palo Alto.

The Sunnyvale facility employs over 8,000 in over 40 buildings.

[edit] Corporate Hierarchy

• The current leader of LMSSC is Joanne Maguire. She was previously the deputy of G. Tom Marsh, who recently retired after 37 years at Lockheed.

[edit] Divisions

• Launch Systems
  • Athena
  • Atlas
  • Titan rocket
• Missile Defense Systems
  • ABL (Airborne Laser)
  • THAAD
  • SBIRS
  • MKV
• Commercial Space
  • Design and production of commercial geosynchronous telecommunications satellites.
• Military Space
  • MUOS
  • AEHF
  • Secure communications, e.g. Milstar
  • GPS elements
• NASA and Civil Space Systems
  • Various NASA projects, e.g. Hubble Space Telescope (a former Lockheed project)
• Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles (SLBMs)
  • Lockheed Corp. was responsible for the design and introduction of the Polaris, Poseidon and Trident missiles. Lockheed Martin continues manufacturing responsibility for the current model, the Trident II (D5).

[edit] External links

• Lockheed Martin Space Systems
• GE Astro Space Alumni Network