[See launch photos for the DMSP-19 weather satellite] You ... to report back by May 1 on whether the satellite program is meeting its current Defense Department requirements.

Lockheed Martin employees work on DMSP-19 during final integration ... weather program for the Department of Defense. The 19th U.S. Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellite Program payload ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Defense Department has accepted for operations ... U.S. Strategic Command accepted the satellite Aug. 19 following on-orbit checkout, the release said. A team of Air Force ...

NOAA satellite operators unexpectedly lost the ability to command the Air Force’s Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Flight 19 on Feb ... while the Defense Department expects to complete ...