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SBIRS GEO-1 Set For Launch Today

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Friday, May 6th, 2011

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By Marina Malenic The first satellite in the Air Force's next-generation early missile warning constellation is set to launch this afternoon, officials said yesterday. The Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) spacecraft is expected to launch aboard an Atlas V rocket at 2:14pm EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, according to program officials. "GEO-1 represents the dawn of a new era in overhead persistent infrared surveillance that will greatly improve our national security space architecture for years…

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