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U.S. Space Force Fiscal 2024 Request Removes Funding for One Next Gen OPIR GEO Satellite

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U.S. Space Force Fiscal 2024 Request Removes Funding for One Next Gen OPIR GEO Satellite
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The U.S. Space Force's fiscal 2024 budget request zeroes research and development funding for one of the three planned geosynchronous orbit (GEO) Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next Gen OPIR) missile warning satellites by Lockheed Martin [LMT], as the Space Force posits that having a band of many, smaller satellites in lower orbits will complicate an adversary's anti-satellite targeting and improve deterrence against adversary missile attacks more than a handful of U.S. satellites in higher orbits. Last year's appropriation for…

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