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Article: Massive Lockheed Martin Solar Arrays Begin Providing Power to International Space Station.
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- September 14, 2006
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SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The second of four pairs of massive solar arrays and a Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ), built by Lockheed Martin at its Space Systems facility in Sunnyvale, have been installed on the International Space Station by the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis. The two new solar arrays have been deployed and are generating electricity. When brought on line during the STS-116 mission in December, they will nearly double the power available to the Space Station. A second rotary joint and a third pair of solar arrays will be delivered to ISS on STS-117 in early 2007.
"It is a testament to the professionalism of the STS-115 crew ...