Space-Based Infrared System
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The Space-Based Infrared System is a United States Space Force system intended to meet the United States' Department of Defense infrared space surveillance needs through the first two to three decades
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Defense Support Program
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The Defense Support Program is a program of the United States Space Force that operated the reconnaissance satellites which form the principal component of the Satellite Early Warning System used by t
Space-Based Infrared System
…and defense, technical intelligence, and battlespace characterization, and it selected SBIRS to replace and enhance the capabilities provided by the Defense Support Program (DSP). DSP satellites are built with infrared detectors that can sense missile plumes, and have been providing early warning for long-range ballistic…
Painting of a DSP satellite on station. Primary sensor (lower left) is pointed at Earth. The star tracker is seen pointing off to the side, above and to the right.
DSP satellite deployment during STS-44