The final building block in a critical global missile warning system operated by the Pentagon took flight on Friday atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket blasting off into the night over Florida’s Cape Canaveral.
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 411 rocket, flying with a single Solid Rocket Booster, lifted off from Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 41 at 0:48 UTC on January 20, 2018 with the fourth satellite of the Space Based Infrared System
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 411 rocket, flying with a single Solid Rocket Booster, lifted off from Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 41 at 0:48 UTC on January 20, 2018 with the fourth satellite of the Space Based Infrared System,
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A single-booster Atlas V rocket carrying the fourth satellite of the SBIRS Missile Warning System had to back out of its launch countdown on Thursday after technical trouble struck
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A ULA Atlas V rocket rolled to its Cape Canaveral Launch Pad on Wednesday in preparation for a thunderous nighttime liftoff on Thursday to lift the fourth SBIRS missile-warning satellite into orbit to complete a constellation capable of spotting anything from tactical missiles to tracking the path of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles.
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket rolled to its launch pad at SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on January 17, 2018 in preparation for the rocket’s year-opening mission with the SBIRS GEO-4 missile early warning satellite
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The SBIRS GEO-4 satellite undergoes encapsulation in the protective Atlas V payload fairing before going for a nighttime ride from its processing facility to Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 41 where it was hoisted atop the integrated Atlas V rocket for final testing activities.
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The Lockheed Martin-built SBIRS GEO-4 satellite undergoes final testing activities ahead of a January 2018 launch atop an Atlas V rocket to complete the baseline four-satellite GEO constellation operating alongside hosted sensor packages in elliptical orbits to provide global missile-tracking capabilities.
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The SBIRS GEO-4 (SV-3) satellite arrived at Cape Canaveral on October 31st, 2017 to enter final preparations for liftoff atop an Atlas V rocket to complete the baseline four-satellite SBIRS GEO constellation providing global coverage for Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles and smaller missile launches on a regional scale.
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