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Employees at Northrop Grumman Space Technology in Redondo Beach, Calif., conduct final test and inspection of the payload module for the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military communications satellite.  The payload module, which performs the satellite’s communications function, was delivered ahead of schedule to Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Sunnyvale, Calif.

The Lockheed Martin-led team is to provide three Advanced EHF satellites and the mission control system, under contract with the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Military Satellite Communications Systems Wing, located at the Los Angeles Air Force Base.