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SBIRS GEO Flight 1 (USA-230) (SBIRS GEO-1)

successAtlas V 401 | SBIRS GEO Flight 1 (USA-230) (SBIRS GEO-1)

This geostationary satellite is tasked with providing capabilities for early missile warning and missile defense.

Overview

Date / time: May 7, 2011 at 06:10 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 41
Mission: SBIRS GEO Flight 1 (USA-230) (SBIRS GEO-1)
Mission type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit achieved: Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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Payloads deployed · 1

SBIRS GEO-1 (USA 230)