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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Nation’s Newest Missile Warning Satellite Encapsulated in Launch Vehicle Payload Fairing

SBIRS |The second Lockheed Martin built Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO-2) spacecraft was encapsulated into its payload fairing March 4 in preparation for a March 19 liftoff aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.

SBIRS GEO-2, the most technologically advanced infrared surveillance satellite, will enhance the nation’s missile warning capabilities and simultaneously improve the missile defense, technical intelligence and battlespace awareness mission areas.

The satellite includes highly sophisticated scanning and starring sensors with improved infrared sensitivity and a reduction in area revisit times over the legacy constellation.

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