SBIRS constellation forms under one roof

Airmen from the 460th Operations Group have made history by successfully completing the first series of Space Based Infrared System satellite and antenna communication on Jan. 28-30 from Block 10, the new operations floor, on Buckley Air Force Base, Colo.

The communication to SBIRS satellites and ground antennas is the first step in transforming Block 10 into the new, consolodated operations floor for Defense Support Program, Highly Elliptical Orbit and Geostationary satellites.

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