ORIGINAL SBIRS GEO-4 - 45 LCSS USAF DOD Missile Defense-SATELLITE Mission PATCH

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ORIGINAL SBIRS GEO-4 - 45 LCSS ULA USAF DOD - Missile Defense-SATELLITE Mission PATCH
The Spaced-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) replaces the current Defense Support Program (DSP). Utilizing infrared sensor technology, orbiting SBIRS satellites will detect, track and report missile launches. SBIRS improves support to theater CINCs, U.S. deployed forces, and allies by providing better data quality and timeliness in four mission areas: Missile Warning, Missile Defense, Technical Intelligence and Battlespace Characterization. The SBIRS is being acquired in three increments. Increment 1, which was declared IOC in FY02, consolidates DSP and Attack and Launch Early Reporting to Theater (ALERT) ground stations into a single CONUS ground station. Increment 1 operates with DSP satellite data. Increment 2 upgrades Increment 1 software and hardware to operate SBIRS High satellites. SBIRS High includes four satellites in Geosynchronous (GEO) orbit, with first launch in FY04, and two hosted payloads in Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO), first available in FY02. A fifth GEO satellite will be procured as a replenishment/spare. SBIRS High satellites will primarily improve on current DSP operational performance. Increment 3 will operate SBIRS Low satellites, which will provide a mid-course tracking and discrimination capability for effective ballistic missile defense. SBIRS Low includes approximately 24 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, and several spares, with first launch in FY06. SBIRS Low ground mission software was to follow an evolutionary deployment, beginning with a release in FY06 to operate the first satellites, and slated to reach full mission capability in FY09. Recent budget revisions, however, have caused a redefinition of the SBIRS Low program, with emphasis on further sensor research efforts. Program redefinition is ongoing. The SBIRS Increments 1 and 2 entered the EMD phase following a Milestone II DAB review
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