0 min read
Space Operations Command
Space Operations Command
Space Operations Command Public Affairs

All Space Force News

Newest missile warning satellite accepted for operations

Peterson Space Force Base, Colo -- PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colorado – Space Operations Command has accepted Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous satellite 5 as operationally capable and has presented it to United States Space Command for operational use.

SBIRS GEO-5 launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on May 18, 2021. Since launch, experts from the satellite’s builder Lockheed-Martin, contract manager Space Systems Command and Space Operations Command’s Delta 4 have been completing checks to ensure the nation’s newest and most-capable missile warning satellite is ready to be added to the United States’ missile warning and missile defense architecture.
“The addition of SBIRS GEO-5 to our fleet of spacecraft will improve our nation’s missile warning, missile defense, battlespace awareness and technical intelligence capabilities,” said Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, Commander of Space Operations Command. “The security of our nation, our allies and our fielded forces depends on SBIRS and our Guardians every day.”
SBIRS is operated by the 2nd Space Warning Squadron, Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado.
SBIRS GEO-6, the final planned satellite in the SBIRS GEO series, will launch later this year. The first, SBIRS GEO-1, launched in 2011.
SBIRS on-board sensors are designed to detect infrared signals, such as those given off by a missile or space launch. SBIRS ground crews monitor information gathered by SBIRS and other missile warning satellites and transmit warnings to strategic and theater command centers.

Share Article

Article Tags

  • Launch

  • missile

  • missile warning

  • missile warning satellite

  • satellite

Space Force launches Initial Enlisted Bonus Pilot Program to maximize readiness, return on investment

Space Force launches $25K initial enlistment bonus pilot program to boost readiness and technical training ROI via 8-year enlistment contracts.

Read more about Space Force launches Initial Enlisted Bonus Pilot Program to maximize readiness, return on investment

98th Space Range Squadron takes warfighter readiness to next level

For decades, Air Force test and training ranges, like the Nevada Test and Training Range and the Utah Test and Training Range, have provided aircrews with flexible, realistic, multidimensional battle spaces to conduct testing and advanced training.

Read more about 98th Space Range Squadron takes warfighter readiness to next level