First Modernized SBIRS Missile Warning Satellite Now Under U.S. Space Force Control
SBIRS Missions

Missile Defense
Critical information supporting the effective operation of missile defense systems

Battlespace Awareness
Comprehensive IR data to help characterize battlespace conditions

Missile Warning
Reliable, unambiguous, timely and accurate warning for theater and strategic missile launches

Technical Intelligence
Characterize IR event signatures, phenomenology and threat performance data
Powerful Data Source
SBIRS has powerful overhead sensors that provide vast amounts of data. At the SBIRS Mission Control Station, Overhead Persistent Infrared Battlespace Awareness Center at Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado, this data is being used for operational applications across areas like battlespace awareness, intelligence and 24/7 tactical alerts.
As the demand for remote sensing capabilities continues to rise, the U.S. Air Force’s newly created data utilization Lab is bringing together government, industry and academia to better understand how data from satellites like SBIRS can be better applied on and off the battlefield.
Evolving SBIRS
SBIRS GEO-4 Launch
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Additional Information
Chip Eschenfelder
720-842-6452
chip.eschenfelder@lmco.com