Space-Based Infrared System

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The Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) is a U.S. military satellite constellation designed to provide global missile launch detection, missile defense support, and strategic infrared surveillance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf infrared surveillance system
military satellite constellation
missile warning system
abbreviation SBIRS
contractor Lockheed Martin
countryOfOrigin United States
dataUsedBy U.S. Northern Command
U.S. Strategic Command
missile defense systems
designedToDetect ballistic missile launches
nuclear detonations
space launches
developedFor U.S. missile warning architecture
United States Department of Defense
enteredService early 2000s
firstGEOlaunchDate 2011
followedBy Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared
fundingAgency United States Air Force
hasComponent SBIRS GEO
SBIRS HEO
ground segment
hasGroundSegmentLocation Buckley Space Force Base
Colorado
hasOrbitType geosynchronous orbit
highly elliptical orbit
managedBy Space Systems Command
mission battlespace awareness
missile defense support
strategic infrared surveillance
technical intelligence collection
numberOfGEOSatellitesLaunched 6
numberOfGEOSatellitesPlanned 6
operator U.S. Air Force
United States Space Force
partOf U.S. early warning system
U.S. space-based missile warning architecture
primaryMission missile launch detection
missile warning
programStartDate 1990s
providesCoverage global
replaced Defense Support Program
sensorProvider Northrop Grumman
successorTo Defense Support Program
supports battlespace characterization
missile defense cueing
strategic missile warning
technical intelligence
theater missile warning
usesSensorType infrared sensor

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Air Force Space Command oversawProgram Space-Based Infrared System
Air Force Space Command operated Space-Based Infrared System
subject linked to: AFSPC
Defense Support Program partOf U.S. Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment system
linked to: Space-Based Infrared System
Defense Support Program successor Space-Based Infrared System
Space-Based Infrared System hasComponent SBIRS GEO
linked to: Space-Based Infrared System
Space-Based Infrared System hasComponent SBIRS HEO
linked to: Space-Based Infrared System
Space-Based Infrared System followedBy Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared
linked to: Space-Based Infrared System
Space-Based Infrared System abbreviation SBIRS
linked to: Space-Based Infrared System
460th Space Wing operated Space-Based Infrared System
Molniya-M notablePayload Oko early-warning satellites
subject linked to: Molniya-M rocket
linked to: Space-Based Infrared System
Lockheed Martin Space notableProject SBIRS missile warning satellites
linked to: Space-Based Infrared System
460th Operations Group (historical) equipment Space-Based Infrared System
Defense Support Program successor Space-Based Infrared System
subject linked to: DSP
Defense Support Program successor SBIRS
subject linked to: DSP
linked to: Space-Based Infrared System
Defense Support Program replacedBy Space-Based Infrared System
subject linked to: DSP
460th Communications Squadron associatedWith Space-Based Infrared System
Buckley Garrison associatedWith Overhead Persistent Infrared systems
linked to: Space-Based Infrared System