Lockheed Martin declares success

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A pair of Lockheed Martin cubesats that flew to geostationary Earth orbit

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orbit servicing operations, company officials said April 17

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The Linuss experiment — short for Lockheed Martin’s In-space Upgrade Satellite System

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went to orbit on the USSF-44 national security mission launched by a SpaceX Falcon Heavy

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The two cubesats, each the size of a toaster

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were deployed 300 kilometers above geostationary orbit from a ring-shaped secondary

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They were released three days apart about 750 kilometers

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away from each other and a month later they were navigating within 400 meters 

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told reporters during a news conference at Lockheed Martin’s technology

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