A satellite star is born

Lockheed Martin Space has named its latest GPS III satellite after the famous Hollywood actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr. The 10th (SV10) satellite in the GPS III contract was given the name after reaching the production milestone known as the “core mate” when the space vehicle’s operations and mission payload electronics are joined to the vertical propulsion core assembly. All previous nine satellites in the GPS III system have been named after famous explorers, astronauts or scientists. Hedy Lamarr was chosen because of her work on developing patented frequency-hopping technology that laid the foundation for secure Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth technologies used by billions of people worldwide today. More

(Source: Aerospace Manufacturing - Dec 10)