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BOULDER, Colo., May 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Ball Aerospace, in collaboration with Microsoft, successfully completed a series of demonstrations showing the viability of using commercial cloud computing to process and securely deliver actionable information quickly to those who need it, whether they are in a ground station, command center or on the battlefield.
Enabled by the Defense Innovation Unit s (DIU) fast-paced commercial solutions process, the demonstrations support the United States Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center s (SMC) Commercially Augmented Space Inter-Networked Operations (CASINO) Program Office, which serves as the SMC focal point for proliferated Low Earth Orbit (LEO) technology and prototyping.
/PRNewswire/ Ball Aerospace, in collaboration with Microsoft, successfully completed a series of demonstrations showing the viability of using commercial.
Atlas V Rocket Launches Space Force’s 5th SBIRS Geo-5 Missile Warning Satellite Our Bureau 411
An Atlas V rocket carrying the U.S. Space Force’s SBIRS Geo-5 missile warning satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida earlier today.
As planned, Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO-5) satellite built by Lockheed Martin is responding to the Space Force’s Space Delta 4 operations team’s commands. Signal acquisition was confirmed approximately ~36 minutes after the satellite s 1:37 p.m. EDT launch aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. Now separated from the rocket, the satellite is continuing on to orbit under its own propulsion.
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BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. Following a successful launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on May 18, the U.S. Space Force s Space Delta 4 operations team is now talking with the fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO-5) satellite.
As planned, SBIRS GEO-5-built by Lockheed Martin -is responding to the Delta s commands. Signal acquisition was confirmed approximately ~36 minutes after the satellite s 1:37 p.m. EDT launch aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. Now separated from the rocket, the satellite is continuing on to orbit under its own propulsion.
SBIRS GEO-5 is the latest satellite to join the Space Force s orbiting Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) missile warning constellation equipped with powerful scanning and staring surveillance sensors. These 24-7, always-on, orbital guardians detect missile launches, support ballistic missile defense, expand technical intelligence gathering a