Atlas V Launch from the Backyard today August 4, 2022

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Published 2022-08-04
United Launch Alliance was in action Thursday, using an Atlas V rocket to deploy a missile detection satellite for the US Space Force. Liftoff of the SBIRS GEO 6 mission from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is occurred at the opening of a 40-minute window at 6:29 AM EDT (10:29 UTC).

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The Space-Based Infrared System, or SBIRS, plays a key role in defending the United States and its allies from missile attacks. Combining dedicated satellites in geosynchronous orbit and sensors hosted on other spacecraft in inclined elliptical orbits, it keeps a constant watch for the signs of rocket and missile launches around the world. SBIRS satellites are equipped with infrared sensors to detect missiles by the heat signatures of their exhaust plumes.

Thursday’s launch deployed the constellation’s sixth geosynchronous satellite. SBIRS GEO 6 is also expected to be the last SBIRS satellite to launch before a next-generation missile detection system begins deployment in the coming yea
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