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364:(LEO) program. The project will take advantage of MDA’s digital beamforming array antennas and integrated regenerative processor. The Lightspeed satellite is slightly smaller than those previously being considered. Antenna design and manufacturing will be in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec.
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627:"Orbital Completes Initial Phase of MDA Divestiture With Sale of 12.35 Million Shares for $ 112 Million"
539:"Form 10-K/A Orbital Sciences Corp /de/ Annual report [Section 13 and 15(d), not S-K Item 405]"
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