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Space

Final Planned SBIRS Satellite Launches from Cape Canaveral

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, August 4th, 2022

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Final Planned SBIRS Satellite Launches from Cape Canaveral

A ULA Atlas V rocket with the SBIRS GEO-6 payload launches on Aug. 4 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. (U.S. Space Force Photo)

The U.S. Space Force on Aug. 4 launched the sixth Lockheed Martin [LMT] Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO)-6 satellite, the final planned SBIRS missile warning satellite, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. ULA is a partnership between Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin, while Northrop Grumman [NOC] built the SBIRS GEO payloads. "The need for Overhead Persistent Infrared systems has never been more critical," Michael Corriea, vice…

Congress

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Unmanned Systems

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