Lockheed To Launch ‘Tantrum’ Fast-Calibrating, Space-based Antenna

The U.S. Space Force wants to be able to rapidly launch and operate satellites to check out threatening spacecraft.

Credit: Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin plans to launch to space a wideband electronically steerable antenna, nicknamed Tantrum, aboard a Terran Orbital Nebula small satellite bus that is says can be calibrated in a fraction of the time that conventional systems take. The ability to quickly calibrate an on-orbit antenna...
Garrett Reim

Based in the Seattle area, Garrett covers the space sector and advanced technologies that are shaping the future of aerospace and defense, including space startups, advanced air mobility and artificial intelligence.

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