The United States Space Force’s (USAF) fifth Spaceborne Infrared System Geosynchronous Orbit (SBIRS GEO-5) missile defense warning satellite was officially launched at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on the 18th, enabling the satellite to The satellite is capable of tracking global land-based ballistic missile launches around the clock.
The United Launch Alliance’s “Atlas V” rocket launched its fifth SBIRS GEO-5 missile warning satellite on the 18th. It took only 45 minutes to reach the scheduled orbit, and after six months of testing, it will officially join the space warning system.
Tory Bruno, chief executive officer of United Launch Alliance, said this is the second test launch of the SBIRS GEO-5 missile warning satellite, the first test launch because of the failure of the ground equipment temperature sensor, resulting in the launch team could not confirm that the temperature of liquid oxygen (Liquid Oxygen) is low enough and failed. 80% success rate before the two liftoffs, finally test-fired successfully on the 18th.
The report pointed out that the SBIRS missile early warning satellite is deployed 35,000 kilometers away from the surface of the geosynchronous orbit (Geosynchronous orbit) and high elliptical orbit (Highly Elliptical Orbit), can effectively assist land-based ballistic missile early warning, provide ballistic defense system to track the target, but also to capture part of the Earth’s war zone Infrared images.
The report also said that the U.S. Air Force has deployed four geosynchronous orbit (GEO) and two highly elliptical orbit (HEO) satellites, but Lockheed Martin (Lockheed Martin) hopes to use the “new generation LM2100 series modular carrier” technology to build GEO-5 missile warning satellite, replacing the GEO launched in 2011. To replace GEO-1 launched in 2011, the last GEO-6 will be launched next year.
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