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SBIRS GEO-5 Satellite in Qualification Testing, As Lockheed Martin Finishes PDR on Next Gen OPIR

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SBIRS GEO-5 Satellite in Qualification Testing, As Lockheed Martin Finishes PDR on Next Gen OPIR
In June, Lockheed Martin’s SBIRS GEO-5 satellite, the first military space satellite built on a modernized LM 2100™ bus, completed Thermal Vacuum (TVAC) environmental testing at the company's Sunnyvale, Calif. satellite manufacturing plant (Lockheed Martin Photo)

Lockheed Martin's [LMT] fifth space-based infrared system (SBIRS) missile warning satellite is in qualification testing, as the company has completed a preliminary design review (PDR) on the follow-on to SBIRS--the next-generation overhead persistent infrared (OPIR) Block O GEO satellites, a company official said on Nov. 10. "SBIRS 5 is finishing up real soon," Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Space, told reporters. "It's been through a good chunk of its qualification testing." "The team is running fast and…

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