SBIRS GEO Flight 1 (USA-230) (SBIRS GEO-1)

Launched SBIRS GEO-1 from Cape Canaveral, the first dedicated satellite of the Space Based Infrared System, giving the US Air Force early warning of ballistic missile launches from geosynchronous orbit.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

GTO

Geostationary transfer orbit

Payload to orbit

4.5 T (est.)

Flight

11th

of 41 Atlas V 401 flights

Date and time

7 May 2011, 18:10 UTC

Rocket

Atlas V 401

Builder

ULA

Launch site

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

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2011-019

Launches in 2011

20th of 84

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