Michael R. Corriea, Vice President of OPIR Mission Area, Lockheed Martin, prepares the thermal space blanket, during the thermal “Space Blanket” signing ceremony, at the Los Angeles Air Force Base, SSC, in El Segundo, Calif., March 24, 2022. The space blanket will protect sensitive components inside the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) satellite, SBIRS Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO)-6 satellite from extreme temperature changes during its life-span around Earth’s orbit.

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