{"id":57516,"date":"2021-05-19T01:09:22","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T17:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/space-force-is-in-control-of-sbirs-satellite-after-successful-ula-launch\/"},"modified":"2021-05-19T01:09:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T17:09:22","slug":"space-force-is-in-control-of-sbirs-satellite-after-successful-ula-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/space-force-is-in-control-of-sbirs-satellite-after-successful-ula-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Force is in Control of SBIRS Satellite After Successful ULA Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><strong>United Launch Alliance<\/strong> (ULA) successfully launched a missile warning satellite called the Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO) Flight 5 on Tuesday for the<strong> U.S. Space Force<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A ULA Atlas V rocket in the 421 configuration took off at 1:37 p.m. ET from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Signal acquisition was confirmed approximately 36 minutes after the satellite\u2019s launch, <strong>Lockheed Martin<\/strong> reported.<\/p>\n<p>SBIRS GEO-5 was built by Lockheed Martin, and it is the latest satellite to join the Space Force\u2019s orbiting Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) missile warning constellation. It is equipped with scanning and staring surveillance sensors that detect missile launches and support ballistic missile defense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe SBIRS program not only represents a new era of overhead infrared surveillance offering vital support to the national defense mission, but also the dedication of space acquisition and production professionals to ensuring the U.S. and its allies have increased global situational awareness,\u201d said Cordell DeLaPena, the Space Force program executive officer for Space Production.<\/p>\n<p>ULA\u2019s next launch is the Space Test Program (STP)-3 mission for the Space Force\u2019s Space and Missile Systems Center, planned for June 23, 2021, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched a missile warning satellite called the Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO) Flight 5 on Tuesday for the U.S. Space Force. A ULA Atlas V rocket in the 421 configuration took off at 1:37 p.m. ET from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57516"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}