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Eyes on DMSP Replacement, As First WSF-M Reaches IOC

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Eyes on DMSP Replacement, As First WSF-M Reaches IOC
Pictured is the first Weather System Follow-on-Microwave satellite, which U.S. Space Force said has reached initial operational capability (Photo on Space Force Website)

The ML-1A Weather System Follow-on--Microwave (WSF-M) satellite by BAE Systems' Ball Aerospace sector has reached initial operational capability (IOC), U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (USSF SSC) said. The Department of the Air Force has awarded Ball Aerospace more than $440 million since 2017 for two WSF-M satellites, the first of which launched on Apr. 11 last year from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. USSF plans have called for the second WSF-M to replace the…

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