COSPAR ID 2011-019A Spacecraft type SBIRS-GEO Launch site Cape Canaveral SLC-41 Bus Lockheed Martin A2100 Operator United States Air Force | SATCAT no. 37481 Rocket Atlas V 401 AV-022 Launch date 7 May 2011 Regime Geostationary orbit Reference system Geocentric orbit | |
Mission type Infrared early warning
IRINT Similar PSSC‑2, Explorer‑1 [Prime], AubieSat‑1, USA‑224, Progress M‑11M | ||
USA-230, also known as SBIRS-GEO 1, is an American military satellite and part of the Space-Based Infrared System. It was launched on May 7, 2011 from Cape Canaveral, atop an Atlas V rocket.
The SBIRS satellites are a replacement for the Defense Support Program early warning system. They are intended to detect ballistic missile launches, as well as various other events in the infrared spectrum, including nuclear explosions, aircraft flights, space object entries and reentries, wildfires and spacecraft launches.
SBIRS-GEO 1 was manufactured by Lockheed Martin and is built upon the A2100M satellite bus.
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