MDAA Alert: Lift Off – Video of SBIRS GEO-1 Launch

May 16, 2011

Atlas-V with SBIRS GEO-1 Payload

Dear Members and Friends,

The first satellite of the next generation of the Defense Support Program (DSP) was launched into space at Cape Canaveral, Florida. This new satellite can detect and process a diverse variety of heat sources, including missile launches, defining and distinguishing the type of missile and where these missiles are heading in an extremely short period of time.

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