Powerful Payload Pumps Up SBIRS
The U.S. Air Force has accepted the second Space Based Infrared Systems Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-2) payload into operational service.
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U.S.A.F. SMC’s Scintillating SBIRS Satellite Substantiation Starts
The U.S. Air Force has announced the secondSpace Based Infrared System ?Highly Elliptical Orbit payload and associated ground system has entered trial period operations in preparation for use by the warfighter — this is a major program milestone for the SBIRS team.
Read MoreLockheed Martin Is Perfect To A Fault With SBIRS
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]has delivered the final block of a new flight software architecture that will provide highly reliable spacecraft command and control operations for the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO) satellite constellation.
Read MoreTaking No Risks It’s a Go for the Pathfinder STSS ATRR
The Missile Defense Agency, supported by NASA and the commercial firm United Launch Alliance, successfully launched the Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) Advanced Technology Risk Reduction (ATRR) satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, at approximately 1:24 p.m. PDT (4:24 p.m. EDT).
Read MoreULA Sends One Up For Missile Defense Agency
A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket, on behalf of the NASA Launch Services Program, successfully launched the Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) Advanced Technology Risk Reduction (ATRR) mission for the United States Missile Defense Agency at 1:24 p.m., PDT. on May 5th.
Read MoreJapan to Launch Military-Purpose Satellites
The Japanese government could launch an early warning satellite that can detect missile launches abroad by 2013.
Read MoreJapan 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.?
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