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Second SBIRS HEO Payload Achieves TI Operational Acceptance from NSG
Posted 5/7/2010 Updated 5/7/2010
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Release Number: 010510
5/7/2010 - LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The National System for Geospatial Intelligence announced recently that the second Space Based Infrared System Highly Elliptical Orbit payload and associated ground system has been operationally accepted for the Technical Intelligence mission.
"With the successful completion of HEO-2 TI Mission Acceptance, we applaud the efforts of AFSPC, the SBIRS Wing, and the system developers supporting this effort," said John Sherman, NSG OPIR program director. "Due to the dedication and support of these organizations to the TI mission, the NSG can take full advantage of these essential capabilities."
This completes an extensive planning, testing and coordination effort between the NSG, Air Force Space Command, and SMC's SBIRS Wing. These activities allowed the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, on behalf of the NSG, to validate that SBIRS meets the TI Community's need for accurate, timely, reliable and unambiguous TI data for use in intelligence production.
The NSG certified the SBIRS HEO-1 sensor for the TI mission Aug. 27, 2009 and started HEO-2 TI mission operational acceptance activities immediately thereafter. For HEO-1 certification, the team validated that TI mission capabilities of the SBIRS ground system functioned properly and verified SBIRS data quality. The HEO-2 TI mission operational acceptance effort included data characterization as well as functionality testing of the SBIRS ground software.
The Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center, located at Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., is the U.S. Air Force's center of acquisition excellence for acquiring and developing military space systems including six wings and three groups responsible for GPS, military satellite communications, defense meteorological satellites, space launch and range systems, satellite control network, space based infrared systems and space situational awareness capabilities.
Media representatives can submit questions for response regarding this topic by sending an e-mail to smcpa.media@losangeles.af.mil |
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