Fourth Sbirs GEO Satellite Achieves ‘First Light’

The fourth satellite of the U.S. Air Force’s Space Based Infrared System (Sbirs) constellation has achieved “first light,” beaming back its first images to Earth. The deployment milestone comes almost five months after the Lockheed Martin-built satellite and its Northrop Grumman sensor payload were...

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