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USAF Completes Key SBIRS GEO-2 Integration Activity, Readies GEO-1 For Launch

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Monday, October 25th, 2010

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The Air Force's second geosynchronous (GEO-2) Space Based Infrared Systems (SBIRS) satellite successfully completed the integration of its two equipment panels onto the spacecraft core module earlier this month at the development site in Sunnyvale, Calif. Over the last 34 days, the GEO-2 team executed the precise mechanical operations necessary for completion of panel integration. This included 134 connector mates between the equipment panels and spacecraft, according to the Air Force. The equipment panels are responsible for holding the individual…

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