SBIRS sensor checkout bodes well for program, officials say

The recent successful on-orbit checkout of the first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) High highly elliptical orbit (HEO) payload bodes well for the ongoing development of the future geosynchronous (GEO) sensor, according to U.S. Air Force space officials. "Many elements of that HEO sensor ... are...

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