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Article: Lockheed Martin Team Avionics and Ground Systems Soar on NASA's Ares I-X Successful Flight Test.
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- November 2, 2009
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DENVER, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin's avionics and ground system were fundamental to last week's picture perfect flight test of NASA's Ares I-X launch vehicle from Kennedy Space Center, FL.
The primary test objective for the Ares I-X flight was to demonstrate command and control of this new vehicle design as well as effective vehicle integration, ground processing and launch operations that will be used for NASA's Ares I launch system. The flight test also demonstrated vehicle proof of concept and collected data on important flight performance in an actual launch environment that reduce risk early in the design of the Ares I program. Ares I will ...