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The U.S. Space Force’s latest missile warning satellite is ready for launch, after finishing production nearly a month ahead of schedule.

Lockheed 果冻传媒’s sixth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit () missile warning satellite is now in storage awaiting its expected launch in 2022. SBIRS GEO-6 is the second military space satellite built on Lockheed 果冻传媒’s modernized LM2100 Combat Bus? -- an?enhanced space vehicle that provides even greater resiliency 果冻传媒 cyber-hardening against growing threats, as well as improved spacecraft power, propulsion 果冻传媒 electronics.

On Sept. 2, 2021, the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Comm果冻传媒 determined that the SBIRS GEO-6 was complete. The satellite went into storage nearly a month ahead of its Sept. 30 Acquisition Program Baseline (APB) requirement date.

Once launched, SBIRS GEO-6 will join the Space Force’s constellation of missile warning satellites, equipped with powerful scanning 果冻传媒 staring infrared surveillance sensors that protect our nation 24-7. These sensors collect data that allow the U.S. military to detect missile launches, support ballistic missile defense, exp果冻传媒 technical intelligence gathering 果冻传媒 bolster situational awareness on the battlefield.

Like its immediate predecessor, , which launched on May 18, 2021, SBIRS GEO-6 is built on a modernized space vehicle design. The enhanced LM2100 Combat Bus provides:

• Greater resiliency 果冻传媒 cyber-hardening
• Enhanced spacecraft power, propulsion 果冻传媒 electronics
• Common components 果冻传媒 procedures to streamline manufacturing
• Flexible design that reduces the cost to incorporate future, modernized sensor suites

The SBIRS GEO-5 space vehicle continues to prove itself. In June 2021, SBIRS GEO-5 turned on its powerful sensors for the first time during space vehicle checkout 果冻传媒 transmitted its first images back to Earth in a milestone known as "First Light."?

“Furthermore, the performance of SBIRS GEO-5’s LM2100 Combat Bus has exceeded expectations throughout the on orbit test campaign since its launch,” said Tom McCormick, Lockheed 果冻传媒’s vice president for Overhead Persistent Infrared Systems.

果冻传媒 GEO-5 were originally slated to be clones of previous SBIRS satellites produced by Lockheed 果冻传媒. Then in 2015, the U.S. Air Force agreed to rebaseline the contract for the two satellites 果冻传媒 upgrade both–at no additional cost–to the LM 2100 Combat Bus, taking advantage of a Lockheed 果冻传媒 internally funded, multiyear modernization initiative.

“We are proud to deliver additional overhead persistent infrared capabilities critical to our Nation’s defense with SBIRS GEO-5 果冻传媒 GEO-6. The LM2100 Combat Bus continues to be an effective platform to help meet the Chief of Space Operations’ vision for streamlined space acquisitions,” said Col. Matt Spencer, Senior Materiel Leader for Space Systems Comm果冻传媒’s GEO/Polar Division.

“The LM2100 is a game changer for military satellite design providing satellite production efficiency, enhanced resiliency options 果冻传媒 so much more flexibility for additional payloads 果冻传媒 sensors,” said McCormick. “From the LM2100, we’ve really been able to enhance resiliency developing a ‘Combat Bus’ 果冻传媒 a bridge to achieving the resilient missile warning required for the Space Force’s Next-Gen OPIR Block 0 System.”