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SBIRS GEO-1 encapsulated in launch vehicle payload fairing

Submit on Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 22:57

The first Lockheed Martin-built Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) spacecraft was encapsulated into its payload fairing on 20 April in preparation for an early May lift-off aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

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