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Air Force Successfully Launches SBIRS GEO-2 Satellite

Monday, April 1st, 2013

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The Air Force recently successfully launched its second Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO-2) satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., according to an Air Force statement. SBIRS GEO-2 was launched aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. ULA is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Boeing [BA]. The SBIRS program delivers timely, reliable and accurate missile warning and infrared surveillance information to key decision makers. The system enhances global missile launch detection…

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