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Air Force Sets Launch Date For SBIRS GEO-2 Satellite

Wednesday, June 13th, 2012

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The Air Force set a launch date of March 2013 for its second Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous satellite (GEO-2), an Air Force Space Command spokeswoman said recently. Michael Friedman, a spokesman for prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT], said in an email recently the company is completing final factory work on the satellite and will be ready “well in advance” to meet its GEO-2 launch date. “Based on lessons learned from GEO-1, the SBIRS team has executed a very efficient…

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