Comments on: SBIRS and NPOESS update http://www.spacepolitics.com/2005/12/14/sbirs-and-npoess-update/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sbirs-and-npoess-update Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Allen Thomson http://www.spacepolitics.com/2005/12/14/sbirs-and-npoess-update/#comment-6389 Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:20:00 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=752#comment-6389 “The sensor payloads to be included on classified satellites in elliptical orbit do not appear to be affected by the change.”

Apparently those two payloads have already been built and delivered for integration onto the satellites. It’s not totally clear when the satellites, believed to be next-generation ELINT collectors in the JUMPSEAT/TRUMPET line are going to be launched.

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