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Space Systems Command announces major milestone in Next-Generation Overhead Persistent
Infrared Missile Warning Program
• Raytheon delivers first of two GEO mission payloads to Lockheed Martin for bus integration
and system testing.
• Mission will deliver enhanced monitoring of ballistic and hypersonic weapons and bridge the
transition to proliferated LEO/MEO missile warning and tracking. Next Gen GEO is on
schedule for a projected December 2025 initial launch capability.
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – Space Systems Command (SSC) announced the successful delivery of the
first mission payload for Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) sensing in
Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (NGG) on Aug. 30, 2024, in partnership with Lockheed Martin Space
and Raytheon Technologies Corporation.
The payload, known as NGG-1, was transported from Raytheon’s Mission Payload Facility
in El Segundo, Ca. to Lockheed Martin’s Space Vehicle Integration Facility in Sunnyvale, Ca.
following successful completion of thermal vacuum chamber testing from Apr. 26 to Aug. 12, 2024.
At Lockheed, the payload will be integrated with the satellite bus and will continue to undergo
rigorous system testing conditions like those it will experience in space to further ensure the satellite
can operate in extreme vacuum and temperature conditions.
Once in orbit, NGG-1 will provide enhanced sensing capabilities to detect advanced
missile threats, including hypersonic weapon systems. NGG-1 remains on schedule for its
projected December 2025 initial launch capability.
SPACE SYSTEMS COMMAND
Office of Public Affairs (SSC/PA)
483 N. Aviation Blvd.
El Segundo, Calif. 90245-2808
Date: 30 Aug 2024
Contact: Media Relations Division
Telephone: (310) 653-1131
sscpa.media@spaceforce.mil
