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  • Lockheed-Built SBIRS GEO 3 Satellite Sends 1st Images From Orbit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Built SBIRS GEO 3 Satellite Sends 1st Images From Orbit

    A Lockheed Martin-built geosynchronous Earth orbit satellite designed to provide missile warning data to the U.S. Air Force has transmitted its first images from its orbit approximately 22,000 miles above the equator. Lockheed said Wednesday the third Space Based Infrared System satellite will work to help the Air Force distribute missile warning data to the U.S. […] More

  • Air Force Sends Lockheed-Built SBIRS GEO 3 Satellite Into Space - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Sends Lockheed-Built SBIRS GEO 3 Satellite Into Space

    A third Lockheed Martin-built missile warning satellite launched atop United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V evolved expendable launch vehicle Friday evening from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite is designed to provide battlespace awareness efforts of U.S. combatant commanders, intelligence organizations and allies globally, the U.S. Air Force said Friday. […] More