Atlas V Launch with SBIRS GEO-5 Satellite 5/18/2021
ULA launched the U.S. Space Force's fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous satellite (SBIRS GEO-5) from SLC-41 on the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The latest satellite, built by Lockheed Martin, launched at 1:37 p.m. EDT on the Atlas V rocket flying in the 421 vehicle configuration, with a 4 meter payload fairing, 2 solid rocket boosters, and the single engine Centaur upper stage.
Atlas V Launch with SBIRS GEO-5 Satellite 5/18/2021
ULA launched the U.S. Space Force's fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous satellite (SBIRS GEO-5) from SLC-41 on the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The latest satellite, built by Lockheed Martin, launched at 1:37 p.m. EDT on the Atlas V rocket flying in the 421 vehicle configuration, with a 4 meter payload fairing, 2 solid rocket boosters, and the single engine Centaur upper stage.