Raytheon Completes Next Gen OPIR GEO Block 0 Thermal Vacuum Tests

Brian Everstine February 09, 2022
A Raytheon Intelligence & Space graphic of the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Geosynchronous Orbit Block 0 satellites.
Credit: Raytheon
Raytheon Intelligence & Space announced Feb. 9 that it has finished thermal vacuum testing of the payload for the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Geosynchronous Earth (NGG) Orbit Block 0 program, ensuring the satellite’s sensor payload can survive in space. The testing regime is...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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