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Launch Date
5/18/2021
Launch Site
CC SLC41
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Launch Vehicle
Atlas V 421 C1 (Atlas 5 Family)
In June 2015, the U.S. Air Force re-baselined SBIRS GEO-5 and GEO-6 to upgrade both satellites to Lockheed Martin’s LM 2100 bus at no additional cost.
The geosynchronous satellite SBIRS GEO-5 is projected to launch in 2021 on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket.
SBIRS GEO-5 is the first military satellite to use Lockheed Martin’s LM 2100 satellite bus.
Lockheed Martin completed the fifth satellite of the United States’ Space Based Infrared System constellation, SBIRS GEO-5.
SBIRS GEO-5 is set to be launched in 2021 on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.
The United States Space Force’s Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) GEO-5 satellite was encapsulated on 2021-04-30 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
The U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise Mission Manifest Office delivered two fully tested and integrated multi-manifest satellite vehicles, Technology Demonstration Orbiters TDO-3 and TDO-4, to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on 2021-05-04 for integration aboard the SBIRS GEO-5 mission.
Encapsulation of SBIRS GEO-5 within United Launch Alliance’s payload fairing completed the final major testing milestone before launch.
United Launch Alliance planned the Space Test Program-3 mission for 2021-06-23, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station as its next launch following SBIRS GEO-5.
SBIRS GEO-5 has a reported program cost of $1,000,000,000 and is the first SBIRS GEO satellite built on the Lockheed Martin LM 2100 bus with enhanced security features.
SMC’s Mission Manifest Office, in partnership with the United States Air Force Academy, planned to fly the EZ-3 and EZ-4 flight systems on the SBIRS GEO-5 mission.
Aerojet Rocketdyne provided the RL10C-1-1 engine for the Centaur upper stage on the SBIRS GEO-5 mission.
Lockheed Martin built SBIRS GEO-5 in record speed and the satellite is ready for a 2021 launch.
SBIRS GEO-5 traveled from the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Center satellite integration facility in Sunnyvale, California to Cape Canaveral via a C-5M Super Galaxy on 2021-03-18.
Lockheed Martin’s SBIRS GEO-5 is the first military space satellite built on the modernized LM 2100™ combat bus.
The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center delivered the fifth Space Based Infrared System satellite (SBIRS GEO-5) to the processing facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
The Atlas V rocket will launch the fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite (SBIRS GEO-5) for the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center.
SBIRS GEO-5 is the first military space satellite built on Lockheed Martin’s modernized LM 2100 Combat Bus.
In 2015, the U.S. Air Force rebaselined the contract for SBIRS GEO-5 and GEO-6 to upgrade both satellites to the LM2100 Combat Bus at no additional cost.
Lockheed Martin funded a multiyear internal modernization initiative to enable the LM2100 upgrades for SBIRS GEO-5 and GEO-6.