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RE: GEO-1 spacecraft

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T minus 4 minutes and holding

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Live Webcast

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Weather conditions currently are 'no go' for launch

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T minus 2 hours

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USAF and Lockheed Martin ready for launch of SBIRS GEO-1 satellite

Lockheed Martin and USAF, US Air Force, announced everything is ready for the launch of first SBIRS, Space Based Infrared System, with geosynchronous orbit, GEO-1, satellite, that will take place tomorrow, May 6th, 2011, from Air Force Station of Cape Canaveral, using the launch window open from 18:14 to 18:54 GMT
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A ULA Atlas V rocket is scheduled to launch the U.S. military SBIRS GEO-1 geosynchronous satellite, from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on the 5th May, 2011.

The first-ever dedicated satellite for the U.S. Air Force's Space-Based Infrared System next-generation missile warning system arrived at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
It is scheduled to launch from there in early May, once again given a ride by our Atlas V rocket.
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New Missile Warning Satellite Built by Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin has successfully completed acoustic testing of the first geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) spacecraft in the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) program.

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Key Flight Software Delivered For Missile Warning Satellite
Lockheed Martin has delivered the latest block of flight software for the first geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) spacecraft in the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) program.
The U.S. Air Forces SBIRS program is designed to provide early warning of missile launches, and simultaneously support other missions, including missile defence, technical intelligence and battlespace awareness.
The software is an interim version of the second of two major blocks of enhanced flight software designed to provide highly reliable spacecraft command and control operations.

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Lockheed Martin announced today that it has successfully completed a critical end-to-end test between the space and ground elements of the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS), a key milestone in preparation for launch and on-orbit operations of the program's first geosynchronous orbit (GEO) spacecraft.
SBIRS will provide early warning of missile launches and support other missions simultaneously, including missile defence, technical intelligence and battlespace characterisation.
The successful test demonstrated the ability of the system's ground components to work together during operation of the first SBIRS GEO satellite. The Interim Mission Control Station Backup in Boulder, Colorado, US, the Lockheed Martin SBIRS Auxiliary Support Centre in Sunnyvale, Northrop Grumman's Satellite Payload Operational Test Station and the satellite Functional Test Assembly participated in this key interface test.

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