1999
A final decision on the SBIRS LEO component will be made around the end of century, with a first demonstration spacecraft being launched in 1999. Ultimately, the LEO component will consist of 16 or more spacecraft. They will be joined by four geostationary satellites and two in highly- elliptical...
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