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Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne to Launch Next-Generation of Commercial Satellite to Map, Measure and Monitor the Earth

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August 29, 2008

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CANOGA PARK, Calif., Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Pratt & Whitney
Rocketdyne, a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company, will help
scientists map, measure and monitor the environment by boosting the
next-generation GeoEye-1 commercial satellite into orbit from Vandenberg
Air Force Base on Sept. 4. GeoEye-1 will be onboard a United Launch
Alliance Delta II rocket, procured by Boeing Launch Services, which will be
powered by Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne’s RS-27A engine. It will be the 224th
flight boosted by the RS-27 family of engines.

GeoEye-1 will have .41-meter resolution (in the panchromatic mode),
which is the highest resolution of any commercial imaging system in the
world. The satellite is designed to map natural and man-made features to
within three meters of their actual location on Earth without ground
control points. This degree of accuracy has never been achieved in a
commercial image system, and may be applied to everything from national and
homeland security, to natural resource and environmental monitoring.

“We’re proud to be part of this cutting-edge technology that will
ultimately change the way we view Earth,” said Elizabeth Jones, RS-27
program manager, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne. “Our goal is 100 percent
mission success and providing the best-quality product to our customers.
The bonus with GeoEye-1 is the knowledge that we are helping scientists
monitor and take care of our planet and natural resources.”

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, Inc., a part of Pratt & Whitney, is a
preferred provider of high-value propulsion, power, energy and innovative
system solutions used in a wide variety of government and commercial
applications, including the main engines for the space shuttle, Atlas and
Delta launch vehicles, missile defense systems and advanced hypersonic
engines.

Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and
service of aircraft engines, space propulsion systems and industrial gas
turbines. United Technologies, based in Hartford, Conn., is a diversified
company providing high technology products and services to the global
aerospace and building industries.

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