A missile-warning satellite is on its way to help the U.S. military track fast- moving threats.
The two U.S. military satellites lifted off atop a ULA Atlas V rocket. The mission is called US SF-12.
Four and a half minutes after liftoff, the Atlas V's first and second stages separated, followed by a burn of the upper stage's engine. After two more burns of the Centaur, the two satellites will be ready to be put into the correct position. It will take about six hours after liftoff.
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The Wide Field of View satellite is a test platform for a new generation of missile-surveillance technology. A number of technology demonstrations are being hosted by a satellite bus. The ring is called the USSF-12 Ring.
Not much is known about the USSF-12 Ring or the WFOV because they are classified. During a call with reporters on Tuesday, representatives from the government agency and contractor provided some information.
The ESPAstar product line was used to build the USSF-12 Ring. During the call, Matt Verock, vice president of space security for the company, said that the ring is being flown for the Department of Defense.
The USSF-12 Ring will deploy key pathfinders for future capabilities and deliver innovative technologies to help us advance.
The imager is more than 6 feet tall and about 2 meters in length. The Nancy Grace Roman space telescope, which is currently in development, was built by L3Harris Technologies, a company that also builds optical components for NASA's Hubble and James Webb space telescopes. A new type of weapons detection system, the tracking of hypersonic weapons, requires a new type of sensor.
Russian state media reported a successful test of the country's new hypersonic Kinzhal missile, which was fired into the air by the US. The Kinzhal missile can travel five times faster than sound and can hit targets anywhere in the world.
The current space-deployed weapons tracking systems focus on the missiles. The Kinzhal is one of the next- generation hypersonic threats that the Department of Defense has created a new system to track. It is the testbed for those technologies
The threat is imminent right now, according to Col. Heather Bogstie, senior materiel leader. The future MEO missile track systems are going to be helped byWFOV.
She described the mission as a "digital engineering demo."
Mission operability can be achieved for up to three years with the two satellites. A total of five satellites are slated to launch between now and the end of the century, according to a release from the South Carolina Space Center.
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