Lockheed Martin built the Geostationary Lightning Mapper, an instrument on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R Series.

Lockheed Martin and Maxar Space won contracts worth $5 million apiece to help define the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s future geostationary weather satellites.

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...