After a 24-hour delay due to a faulty temperature sensor in ground equipment, the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas 5 rocket – with two small rideshare payloads – lifted off from Florida s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 1:37 p.m. ET.
The rocket used a Russian-built RD-180 main engine and strap-on solid-fuel boosters. Separation confirmed! The United Launch Alliance #AtlasV rocket has deployed the fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (#SBIRSGEO5) satellite to save lives through early warning missile detection, ULA announced in a tweet. 144, tweeted ULA President Tory Bruno, in reference to ULA s 144th successful mission. Thank you to our mission partners for the tremendous teamwork as we processed and launched this asset that provides powerful surveillance and critical capabilities to protect our warfighters, ULA Vice President of Government and Commercial Programs Gary Wentz said in a statement. We are proud to work with the U.S. Space
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CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. A US$1 billion missile-warning satellite for the U.S. Space Force rocketed toward orbit Tuesday. It was the fifth in this series of space-based infrared system satellites. These advanced national security spacecraft are meant to replace the long-time Defense Support Program constellation of surveillance satellites. United Launch Alliance sent the Atlas V rocket skyward from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Bird away, ULA President Tory Bruno announced via Twitter. The flight was delayed a day by a bad temperature sensor in ground equipment. Lockheed Martin won a $1.86 billion contract for this satellite and the next one, due to launch next year. They re intended for an orbit 22,300 miles (36,000 kilometers) high.
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasts off with the U.S. military’s SBIRS GEO 5 satellite. Credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now
An upgraded, cyber-hardened $1 billion satellite to support the U.S. military’s missile defense systems rode into orbit from Cape Canaveral Tuesday at the tip of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket.
Hosting a suite of sophisticated heat-seeking sensors, the Space Force’s fifth Space Based Infrared System, or SBIRS, satellite took off from pad 41 on Florida’s Space Coast on an Atlas 5 rocket at 1:37 p.m. EDT (1737 GMT) Tuesday.
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