The United States is preparing to put into orbit a fourth satellite SBIRS responsible, among other things, to monitor missile fire in the world.
North Korea has carried out a variety of missile fires in 2017, demonstrating day after day its ability to send them farther and further to reach North American territories.
The panic generated by a false alarm, announcing a missile firing, unleashed in Hawaii but also in Japan plays a role of reminder of the seriousness of the threats and the rise of a risk evolving over the declarations of the leaders of the two countries .
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It is in this context that this week is preparing the launch of a fourth North American missile surveillance satellite in the world. The SBIRS GEO Flight-4 satellite (SBIRS for Space Based InfraRed System and GEO for geostationary orbit) is to be launched from Cape Canaveral and using an Atlas V launcher from ULA (United Launch Alliance).
This satellite, designed by Lockheed Martin and worth an estimated $ 1.7 billion, will complete a surveillance system of three satellites, the previous one, SBIRS GEO Flight-3, was launched just a year ago, and ground control stations.
And already, the US military is preparing the ground for the launch of the two following satellites, GEO-5 and GEO-6, whose production and integration phases have already been validated, which should allow their rapid launch from here. a few quarters.
Source : Space News
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