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Launch Date
8/29/2023
Launch Site
CC SLC41
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Launch Vehicle
Atlas V 551 G (Atlas 5 Family)
Silent Barker will form a watchdog constellation of satellites used for tracking other countries’ activities in geostationary orbit.
Silent Barker will observe objects and activities in geosynchronous orbit about 22,0 m above Earth.
U.S. Space Force ground-based radars and telescopes can catalog larger, basketball-sized objects but cannot provide the finer visibility and detail that Silent Barker aims to deliver.
The SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 launch occurred on September 10, 2023 at 12:47 UTC from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Space Launch Complex-41.
Defense News reported that the Space Force expected the Silent Barker satellites to be ready for initial operations in early 2025 and fully operational by 2026.
United Launch Alliance will receive $441,760,000 under a fixed-price contract to launch SBIRS GEO-5, SBIRS GEO-6, and Silent Barker.
There are six additional Atlas 5 missions that ULA was awarded under the follow-on EELV Phase 1A procurement: STP-3, AFSPC-12, AFSPC-8, Silent Barker, SBIRS GEO 5, and SBIRS GEO 6.
A classified space surveillance satellite program named Silent Barker is planned for deployment in 2022 and is jointly funded by the U.S. Air Force and the National Reconnaissance Office.
United Launch Alliance launched the SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission direct to geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO).
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket launched the SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission on 2023-09-10 at 8:47 a.m. EDT (5:47 a.m. PDT).
The SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission is scheduled to launch on 2023-09-09 at 8:51 a.m. EDT (5:51 a.m. PDT) from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket launched the SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on 2023-09-10.
The SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission is scheduled to launch 2023-08-29 at 8:34 a.m. EDT (5:34 a.m. PDT) from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
The SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission is planned to lift off on Tuesday, 2023-08-29 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.