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[[File:SBIRS-GEO.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|right|{{center|SBIRS High GEO}}]]
'''SBIRS High''' (also now simply referred to as "SBIRS") is to consist of four dedicated satellites operating in geosynchronous Earth orbit, and sensors on two host satellites operating in a highly elliptical orbit. SBIRS High will replace the [[Defense Support Program]] (DSP) satellites and is intended primarily to provide enhanced strategic and theater ballistic missile warning capabilities. [[USA-230|SBIRS High GEO 1]] was launched on 7 May 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article
|agency=Reuters|date=7 May 2011}}</ref> Two SBIRS sensors hosted on two classified satellites in highly elliptical orbit have already been launched,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lockheedmartin.com/news/press_releases/2009/0602ss-sbirs.html|title=U.S. Air Force Awards Lockheed Martin US$1.5-Billion Contract For SBIRS Follow-On Spacecraft|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605074247/http://www.lockheedmartin.com/news/press_releases/2009/0602ss-sbirs.html|archive-date=2009-06-05}}</ref> probably as part of the [[List of NRO satellites|NROL-22]] (USA 184) and [[List of NRO satellites|NROL-28]] (USA 200) launches in 2006 and 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Sep-2005/0336.html|title=Molczan in Satobs message 30 September 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Feb-2008/0515.html|title=Molczan in Satobs message 24 February 2008}}</ref> USA 184 and USA 200 are believed by analysts to be [[ELINT]] satellites in the family of [[Jumpseat (satellite)|JUMPSEAT]] and [[Trumpet (satellite)|TRUMPET]]; TRUMPET has been reported to have carried an infrared sensor called [[HERITAGE]].
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