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Space

Initial Design Review for U.S. Space Force EO/IR Weather System Completed

Frank Wolfe

Friday, April 30th, 2021

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Initial Design Review for U.S. Space Force EO/IR Weather System Completed

An artist's rendition of a DMSP satellite orbiting earth (U.S. Air Force Photo)

General Atomics has completed the Initial Design Review (IDR) of the space vehicle and ground segment for the United States Space Force (USSF) Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) Electro-Optical Infrared (EO/IR) Weather System (EWS) satellite program, the company's Electromagnetic Systems Group (GA-EMS) said on Apr. 29. "This is the first major milestone in the EWS program that aims to deploy a space vehicle that can meet all of the military’s cloud characterization and theater imagery product requirements in time…

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