


SLD 45 to support SBIRS GEO-6 launch, last satellite for infrared constellation
CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla. – On Thursday morning a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is scheduled to carry the U.S. Space Force’s Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit 6 missile warning satellite into space.
“We need to know if an adversary launches a weapon toward us or one of our allies, especially if it’s a nuclear weapon, and this satellite system supports that capability and enables us to better protect the United States and our allies,” said U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jason Kimmel, 5th Space Launch Squadron mission assurance technician from Everett, Washington. “I am very proud to support this mission.”
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