2021 · United Launch Alliance

SBIRS GEO-5

successAtlas V 421 | SBIRS GEO-5

Fifth geosynchronous satellite of the Space Based Infrared System program (SBIRS), providing capabilities for early missile warning and missile defense. SBIRS GEO-5 is the first satellite using Lockheed Martin's LM2100 combat bus.

Overview

Date / time: May 18, 2021 at 05:37 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 41
Mission: SBIRS GEO-5
Mission type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit achieved: Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Launch vehicle

Atlas V 421 →

Launch provider

United Launch Alliance →

Payloads deployed · 3

SBIRS GEO-5 (USA 315)