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A nearly 200-foot Atlas V rocket soared from its Florida pad on Tuesday, taking the Space Force s newest satellite designed to detect ballistic missile launches back on Earth.
Powered by one main engine and two strap-on solid rocket boosters, the United Launch Alliance rocket vaulted off Cape Canaveral Space Force Station s Launch Complex 41 at 1:37 p.m., just six minutes after the window opened. ULA teams used the extra few minutes to resolve a minor issue with propellant loading systems.
A ULA Atlas V rocket launches the fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit on May 18, 2021. Photo: ULA
United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched a missile warning satellite called the Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO) Flight 5 on Tuesday for the U.S. Space Force.
A ULA Atlas V rocket in the 421 configuration took off at 1:37 p.m. ET from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Signal acquisition was confirmed approximately 36 minutes after the satellite’s launch,
Lockheed Martin reported.
SBIRS GEO-5 was built by Lockheed Martin, and it is the latest satellite to join the Space Force’s orbiting Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) missile warning constellation. It is equipped with scanning and staring surveillance sensors that detect missile launches and support ballistic missile defense.