{"id":7666,"date":"2024-02-16T18:11:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T10:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/us-department-of-defense-launches-five-missile-tracking-satellites-designed-by-l3harris\/"},"modified":"2024-02-16T18:11:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T10:11:35","slug":"us-department-of-defense-launches-five-missile-tracking-satellites-designed-by-l3harris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/us-department-of-defense-launches-five-missile-tracking-satellites-designed-by-l3harris\/","title":{"rendered":"US Department of Defense Launches Five Missile Tracking Satellites Designed by L3Harris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/l3_C_638436678602355451.png\" width=\"712\" height=\"377\" alt=\"US Department of Defense Launches Five Missile Tracking Satellites Designed by L3Harris\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/l3_C_638436678602355451.png\" style=\"\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/l3_C_638436678602355451.png\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p>Five missile tracking satellites <strong>L3Harris Technologies<\/strong> designed and built successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, as part of the Missile Defense Agency\u2019s Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) program and the <strong>Space Development Agency\u2019s<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Tranche 0 (T0) Tracking Layer program.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>L3Harris\u2019 HBTSS satellite is an on-orbit prototype demonstration that can track maneuvering hypersonic missiles flying beyond the range of the latest ballistic missile detection capabilities. &nbsp;The other four infrared satellites will support SDA\u2019s Tracking Layer, demonstrating global indications, warning, tracking, and targeting of advanced threats such as hypersonic missiles. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur advanced satellites on orbit will bring the integrated and resilient missile warning and defense capabilities the U.S. requires against adversaries developing more advanced maneuverable missiles,\u201d said <strong>Christopher E. Kubasik, Chair and CEO<\/strong>. \u201cL3Harris delivered this advanced missile tracking capability on behalf of MDA and SDA on orbit in just over three years after work was authorized to proceed. We are proud to be a critical part of the new space sensing architecture.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This combined launch supports SDA\u2019s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture by integrating missile tracking and defense sensors. The Department of Defense will use a common set of data to adjust and modify the capabilities for the SDA\u2019s Tranche 1 and 2 Tracking Layer constellation. Earlier this year, L3Harris received a $919 million contract to develop an 18-vehicle constellation for the SDA\u2019s Tranche 2 Tracking Layer satellite program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aKlFQvfH00g?&amp;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"fr-draggable\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five missile tracking satellites L3Harris Technologies designed and built successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, as part of the Missile Defense Agency\u2019s Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) program and the Space Development Agency\u2019s&nbsp;Tranche 0 (T0) Tracking Layer program.&nbsp; L3Harris\u2019 HBTSS satellite is an on-orbit prototype demonstration that can track maneuvering [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[25,20,45],"class_list":["post-7666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-launch","tag-satellite","tag-sensors"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7666"}],"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=7666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7666\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}