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  • Lockheed-Built SBIRS GEO-3 Satellite Fully Operational - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Built SBIRS GEO-3 Satellite Fully Operational

    A Lockheed Martin-built missile warning satellite that launched Jan. 19 from Cape Canaveral, Fla., has been declared as fully operational and ready for use at the U.S. Air Force. Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit 3 transmits data to the 460th Space Wing-operated Mission Control Station at Buckley AF Base in Colorado, the service branch said […] More

  • Lockheed Seals 3rd Air Force Missile Warning Satellite Ahead of Launch - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Seals 3rd Air Force Missile Warning Satellite Ahead of Launch

    Lockheed Martin has enclosed a missile warning satellite the company built for the U.S. Air Force in a protective launch vehicle fairing in preparation for a scheduled Jan. 19 launch. The third Space-Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite went through encapsulation at Cape Canaveral, Florida, where it will be deployed aboard a United Launch Alliance-made Atlas V rocket, Lockheed said Tuesday. […] More

  • ULA Sets Jan. 19 Launch Date for Air Force's 3rd SBIRS GEO Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA Sets Jan. 19 Launch Date for Air Force’s 3rd SBIRS GEO Satellite

    United Launch Alliance aims to launch a missile warning satellite for the U.S. Air Force in Cape Canaveral, Florida with the company’s Atlas V rocket on Jan. 19, 2017. ULA said the Lockheed Martin-built Space-Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Flight 3 satellite will work to provide global infrared surveillance support to missile warning, missile defense, technical intelligence and battlespace awareness efforts. Lockheed delivered SBIRS […] More