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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 Encapsulates 4th Air Force Missile Warning Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Encapsulates 4th Air Force Missile Warning Satellite

    A fourth missile warning satellite Lockheed Martin built for the U.S. Air Force has been sealed in a protective launch fairing ahead of a scheduled Jan. 18 launch. Lockheed said Thursday it encapsulated the Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Flight-4 satellite at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, where it will lift off aboard a United […] More

  • Air Force Sends Lockheed-Built SBIRS GEO 3 Satellite Into Space - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Sends Lockheed-Built SBIRS GEO 3 Satellite Into Space

    A third Lockheed Martin-built missile warning satellite launched atop United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V evolved expendable launch vehicle Friday evening from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite is designed to provide battlespace awareness efforts of U.S. combatant commanders, intelligence organizations and allies globally, the U.S. Air Force said Friday. […] 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

  • Jeffrey Smith: Lockheed Moves Forward on GEO-4 Infrared Satellite Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeffrey Smith: Lockheed Moves Forward on GEO-4 Infrared Satellite Program

    Lockheed Martin has finished constructing the propulsion structure of a U.S. Air Force satellite that the company has designed to provide government, intelligence and military agencies with early missile warnings. The fourth Space-Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit spacecraft is set to enter the assembly, integration and testing phases, Lockheed said Tuesday. SBIRS propulsion modules […] More