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  • Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) satellite, Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO)-6 is offloaded at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. June 2, 2022. The SBIRS satellite is the sixth and final satellite in the constellation. (Space Force photo by Joshua Conti)

    SLD 45 to support SBIRS GEO-6 launch, last satellite for infrared constellation

    On Thursday morning a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is scheduled to carry the U.S. Space Force’s Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit 6 missile warning satellite into space. The satellite, which is the last in the SBIRS GEO constellation, will be launched into space just over a decade since the first SBIRS GEO satellite was launched in May 2011.
  • A Falcon 9 rocket carrying a GPS III-5 satellite into orbit launches from LC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., June 17, 2021. The GPS III satellites have signals three times more accurate than the current generation of satellites and eight times the jamming resistance.

    Innovation is the game, GPS III-5 is the name

    The launch of the DoD’s first refurbished booster paved the way for significant savings for taxpayers.
  • Chase and Seth pin on a minature rocket in front of United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV rocket booster during the 45th Space Wing Family Day self guided tour of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. on April 6, 2019.

    45th SW Cape Family Day

    Families enjoyed a fun-filled day seeing several historical and operations sites on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. during the 45th Space Wing Cape Family Day on April 6, 2019.
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