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Inching Forward on SBIRS Testing

Nov. 23, 2005

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Lockheed Martin says they are ready to begin thermal vacuum testing—“one of the most significant program milestones”—for the first Space-based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit satellite.

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