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Article: Third Pair of Massive Lockheed Martin Solar Arrays to Be Launched to International Space Station.
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- PR Newswire
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- June 7, 2007
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SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The third of four pairs of massive solar arrays and a second Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ), built by Lockheed Martin at its Space Systems facility in Sunnyvale, will be launched aboard the space shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station (ISS) as early as June 8, 2007. During the 11-day STS-117 mission, astronauts will connect the package of giant solar arrays and the rotary joint -- incorporated into an integrated truss segment -- to the Station.
"This third pair of solar arrays will increase power available to ISS in anticipation of the delivery of international science modules over the next two years," ...