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The COMSAT Secret Is Out Of The Bag — PAN Power For U.S.
A nexgen (and secret) satellite, designed and crafted by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] for the U.S. government, is performing as required following its successful launch from Cape Canaveral on September 8th aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle, with the Lockheed Martin team successfully completing a series of key activities toward providing the spacecraft for customer use.
The program, designated PAN, was awarded to Lockheed Martin in October of 2006. It consists of a novel and robust turnkey commercial-based satellite, ground and launch system solution developed to meet the government’s future needs. The PAN satellite is based on Lockheed Martin’s configure-to-order A2100 spacecraft series and leverages mature commercial space technologies and extraordinary Lockheed Martin processes that enabled delivery of a high-quality, low-cost solution with reduced cycle times for the government clients.