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  2. Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory - Wikipedia

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    The LMSAL team is part of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and has close affiliations with NASA and the solar physics group at Stanford University. Located in Palo Alto, California , LMSAL is involved in many ground- and space-based missions that study the Sun , with a sharp focus on basic research into understanding and predicting space weather ...

  3. Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph - Wikipedia

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    The spacecraft consists of a satellite bus and spectrometer built by the Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory (LMSAL), and a telescope provided by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO). IRIS is operated by LMSAL and NASA's Ames Research Center.

  4. Bart De Pontieu - Wikipedia

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    Bart De Pontieu is a solar physicist who works at Lockheed Martin's Solar & Astrophysics Laboratory. He is known for his work on the dynamics and heating of the solar chromosphere, transition region and corona, [1] via both wave mechanisms [2] and nanoflares.

  5. Linear Aerospike SR-71 Experiment - Wikipedia

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    LASRE was a small, half-span model of the X-33's lifting body with eight thrust cells of an aerospike engine, rotated 90 degrees and mounted on the back of a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird aircraft, to operate like a kind of "flying wind tunnel." The experiment focused on determining how a reusable launch vehicle's engine plume would affect the ...

  6. Magnetometer (Juno) - Wikipedia

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    That is one of the questions Juno may answer. [6] In addition to studying Jupiter, the MAG also returned data on the Earth's magnetosphere. [7] The MAG instrument was delivered to Lockheed Martin Space Systems' facility in Denver, Colorado, United States for integration into the Juno spacecraft by NASA's Goddard Spaceflight Center (GFSC) in ...

  7. USA-165 - Wikipedia

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    USA-165 or XSS-11 [2] (Experimental Satellite System-11) is a small, washing-machine-sized, low-cost spacecraft developed by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate to test technology for proximity operations. In particular, the satellite was designed to demonstrate "autonomous rendezvous and proximity maneuvers."

  8. List of largest optical reflecting telescopes - Wikipedia

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    This table does not include all the largest mirrors manufactured. The Steward Observatory Mirror Lab produced the 6.5 metre f/1.25 collimator used in the Large Optical Test and Integration Site of Lockheed Martin, used for vacuum optical testing of other telescopes. Segmented mirrors are also referred to as mosaic mirrors. Single mirrors are ...

  9. Genesis (spacecraft) - Wikipedia

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    Genesis was a Discovery-class mission of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at the California Institute of Technology. The spacecraft was designed and built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems at a total mission cost of US$264 million. NASA launched the craft on a Delta II 7326 rocket on August 8, 2001, at 16:13:40 UTC from Cape Canaveral.