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| SECURING BETTER COMMUNICATIONS -- Technicians make final adjustments to the -X (minus X) wing of a Milstar II satellite, which contains the medium-data-rate (MDR) communications payload and a portion of the crosslink payload. Using the powerful medium-data-rate (MDR) communication payload, the Milstar satellite team provides secure, jam-resistant communications to U.S. forces through unique onboard signal and data processing capabilities. Boeing Satellite Systems delivered the -X wing for the Milstar F-5 satellite to prime contractor Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company in April 1999, which will be part of the fifth Milstar satellite scheduled to launch Jan. 15, 2002 from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida.
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