First satellite launch by Lockheed Martin

WITH THE NEW Lockheed Martin logo hastily painted on its side, an Atlas 2AS booster blasted off from Cape Canaveral on 22 March, carrying the Intelsat 705 communications satellite into orbit, on the first satellite launch by the newly merged corporation.

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