Sensor payload design for missile warning system tested for space survivability

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Feb. 9, 2022 (Raytheon Intelligence & Space PR) – Raytheon Intelligence & Space has completed Thermal Vacuum Testing of its sensor payload for the U.S. Space Force’s Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared, or Next-Gen OPIR GEO, Block 0 missile warning satellites designed and built by spacecraft prime contractor Lockheed Martin. Testing was completed on Jan. 27, 2022.