Japan to Launch Military-Purpose Satellites
The Japanese government could launch an early warning satellite that can detect missile launches abroad by 2013.
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Japan Looking To Initiate An Early Warning Satellite Program + Unmanned Lunar Expedition
A Japanese government task force has suggested the introduction of an early warning satellite that can detect missile launches, in its draft of the nation's first basic plan on the development and use of space, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
Read MoreNorthrop Grumman’s Second GEO Payload Takes Final Test
Northrop Grumman Corp. the payload integrator for the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS), the nation's next-generation missile warning system, has delivered the second geosynchronous orbit (GEO) payload to prime contractor for integration into the spacecraft and final system-level testing.
Read MoreLMC’s SMC SBIRS PDR OK
The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) team has submitted its proposal for the program's follow-on production phase and has completed a major Preliminary Design Review (PDR) milestone with the U.S. Air Force.
Read MoreTesting Of SBIRS’ Rigors Of Space Capabilities Completed
The Space and Missile Systems Center’s Space Based Infrared Systems Wing announced completion today of thermal vacuum testing for the geosynchronous orbit payload.?
Read MoreU.S. Air Force Sees (Infra)Red — First of a Kind
Testing today was successful for the U.S. Air Force's first geosynchronous Space Based Infrared Systems satellite as it completed Baseline Integrated System Testing at the development site in Sunnyvale, California, propelling unprecedented early missile warning capability one step closer to the warfighter.
Read MoreGetting The SBIRS Baseline Cleaned Up Before Vacuuming
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] announced the first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) satellite has entered a major test phase with the latest version of flight software designed to provide highly reliable spacecraft command and control operations.
Read MoreThis Bus Is Definitely On Schedule — SBIRS Subsystems Next Stop
The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-led team developing the U.S. Air Force's Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) has achieved major milestones on the second geosynchronous orbit (GEO-2) spacecraft with the completion and delivery of the remaining major spacecraft bus subsystems.
Read MoreSBIRS’ Strategic Certification
The first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-1) payload and ground system, built by a Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] team, has been certified for operations by U.S. Strategic Command.
Read MoreU.S.A.F. Accelerates SBIRS
Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center officials at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico have successfully tested the Space-Based Infrared System Highly Elliptical Orbit payload and operations center and accelerated operational acceptance by six weeks.
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