Lockheed Martin s First Modernized SBIRS Missile Warning Satellite Now Under U S Space Force Control prnewswire.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from prnewswire.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
ULA to loft Space Force missile tracking satellite in first Atlas V launch of 2021
May 17, 2021
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 421 is at Space Launch Complex-41 (SLC-41) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of its mission to loft a new Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) military reconnaissance satellite into Geostationary transfer orbit. Liftoff of SBIRS GEO-5 is scheduled for 17:35 UTC (13:35 EDT) on Monday, 17 May.
The flight will mark the first 2021 launch of ULA’s Atlas V rocket and the second launch made by the company this year following the April launch of NROL-82 which utilized a Delta IV Heavy launch vehicle. The Atlas V is configured in the 421 variant, meaning it utilizes a 4 meter diameter fairing, two solid rocket boosters and single engine centaur upper stage.
17th May 2021 - 14:00 GMT | by Jason Sherman in New York RSS
The US military has adopted a new space architecture. (Image: CSIS)
New OPIR strategy relies on prototyping and experimentation to shape future investments.
The US military has adopted a new space architecture that aims to harmonise Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) requirements for strategic and tactical missile warning, missile defence and battlespace awareness missions a strategy that spans three agencies and tens of billions of dollars in planned spending.
The Overhead Persistent Infrared Enterprise Architecture Strategy, provided by the Pentagon to Congress in late December 2020, aims to address concerns by lawmakers about a lack of consensus inside the US military over an agreed and affordable integrated enterprise space architecture.
DARPA And Northrop Grumman Working On Blackjack Network s Payload To Reduce Impact Of GPS Jamming theaviationist.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theaviationist.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
If you would like to see more articles like this please support our coverage of the space program by becoming a
Spaceflight Now Member. If everyone who enjoys our website helps fund it, we can expand and improve our coverage further.
One of the two solar array wings on the SBIRS GEO 5 spacecraft is deployed during ground testing. Credit: Lockheed Martin
A sophisticated combat-ready U.S. military missile warning satellite moved to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Saturday on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, ready for liftoff Monday afternoon.
The U.S. Space Force’s fifth Space Based Infrared System, or SBIRS, satellite was built by Lockheed Martin and cost approximately $1 billion, military officials said. The spacecraft carries infrared sensors to detect and track hot plumes from missile launches around the world, giving warning to U.S. and allied military forces of an impending attack.