**Video news release, b-roll available today

The first Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing fighter arrived Sunday, Nov. 15, at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., where it will undergo flight tests leading up to hovers and vertical landings.

For a video news release on the arrival and F-35 b-roll, satellite-coordinate information is as follows:

  Program Date:        Monday, Nov. 16, 2009

  U.S. Domestic
  Satellite:           Galaxy 28 Transponder 17K Slot 6
  Downlink Frequency:  12055 Vertical
  FEC:                 3/4
  Symbol Rate:         3.9787
  Test Time:           10:30 - 11 a.m. ET
  VNR Time:            11 a.m. - 12 Noon ET

  Europe
  Satellite:           Eutelsat W2A TXP B4
  Downlink Frequency:  11079.5 Vertical QPSK
  FEC:                 3/4
  Symbol Rate:         5.632
  Color:               PAL
  Pactv Ref:           150.973
  Arqiva Ref:          4-53511
  Time:                1530-1700 GMT (10:30 a.m. - 12 Noon ET)

  Asia
  Satellite:           Asiasat5 C3V Ch 2
  Downlink Frequency:  3,753.50 Vertical
  FEC:                 3/4
  Symbol Rate:         6.1113
  Color:               NTSC
  Pactv Ref:           150.973
  GC Ref:              109747
  Time:                1530-1700 GMT (10:30 a.m. - 12 Noon ET)

  Media Contacts:
  John R. Kent, + 817-763-3980, e-mail john.r.kent@lmco.com
  Chris Geisel, + 817-763-2643; e-mail christian.g.geisel@lmco.com


  /PRNewswire -- Nov. 16/

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SOURCE: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company