# Next Generation OPIR GEO: Building America’s gateway to the future of space-based missile warning and tracking

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/next-generation-opir-geo-building-americas-gateway-to-the-future-of-space-based-missile-warning-and-tracking/
- Published: 2026-11-09T18:23:03+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T20:07:23+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/us/next-generation-opir-geo-building-americas-gateway-future-space-based-missile-warning-tracking
- Topics: Americas, Space, Technology, World

## Key points

- The US is developing a new geosynchronous missile warning system.
- It builds on SBIRS with more capable sensors and data processing.
- Testing has shown improvements in approved performance areas.

## Summary

The US Space Force and Lockheed Martin are developing Next Gen OPIR GEO, a satellite system intended to improve missile warning and tracking from geosynchronous orbit. It matters because missile threats are becoming faster and more manoeuvrable, and the system is designed to provide persistent coverage and timely information for military decisions.

The programme builds on the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) and is designed to use modern infrared sensors, onboard data processing and a next-generation ground architecture. It also includes features intended to maintain operations in contested space or during communication disruptions. The article gives no cost or deployment date, but says mission testing has shown significant improvements over SBIRS in approved performance areas.

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