Atlas V 421 launched SBIRS GEO-6, the sixth and final satellite in the US Space Force's Space Based Infrared System missile-warning network, from Cape Canaveral, completing the constellation meant to replace the aging Defense Support Program satellites.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4.5 T (est.)
- Flight
- 9th
- of 9 Atlas V 421 flights
- Date and time
- 4 August 2022, 10:29 UTC
- Rocket
- Atlas V 421
- Builder
- ULA
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2022-092
- Launches in 2022
- 95th of 186
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