First SBIRS HEO Payload Declared Operational

UP AND RUNNING: After more than two years of testing, the U.S. Air Force has finally declared its first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) payload operational, marking the end of a trial operations period. The payload, which flies on a classified host satellite in highly elliptical orbit, is...

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