SBIRS GEO Flight 2 (USA-241) (SBIRS GEO-2)

Atlas V 401 launched the SBIRS GEO-2 (USA-241) missile-warning satellite for the US Air Force's Space-Based Infrared System, designed to detect ballistic missile launches.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

GTO

Geostationary transfer orbit

Payload to orbit

4.5 T (est.)

Flight

17th

of 41 Atlas V 401 flights

Date and time

19 March 2013, 21:21 UTC

Rocket

Atlas V 401

Builder

ULA

Launch site

Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2013-011

Launches in 2013

12th of 81

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