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Space

U.S. Space Force Launches SBIRS GEO-5 Satellite, As Service Looks Ahead to Next-Gen OPIR

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, May 18th, 2021

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U.S. Space Force Launches SBIRS GEO-5 Satellite, As Service Looks Ahead to Next-Gen OPIR

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) rocket carrying the SBIRS GEO-5 satellite lifts off from Cape Canaveral Space Station, Fla. on May 18 (ULA Photo)

The United States Space Force launched the fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit missile warning satellite (SBIRS GEO-5) on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. on May 18. United Launch Alliance is a partnership between Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT]. The SBIRS GEO-5 is the first Lockheed Martin military satellite to carry the LM 2100 Combat Bus, which is to provide better resilience against jamming and improved cybersecurity, propulsion,…

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