MISSION NAME
EWS OD-1 1
Status
TBD
DATE
31 MAY 2025
LAUNCH PROVIDER
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Northrop Grumman Space Systems
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 8
Description
The Electro-Optical/Infrared Weather System (EWS) Operational Demonstration-1 (OD-1) is a weather satellite for the United States Space Force. It is a prototype satellite made by General Atomics that will be place in LEO for a three-year demonstration mission of new EO/IR sensor technologies to various US military branches, and to act as a stop-gap for Defense Department needs for weather data.
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Minotaur IV
Rocket Description
The Minotaur IV launch system is derived from the Peacekeeper ICBM. The first three stages are taken directly from decommissioned Peacekeeper missiles. A fourth stage, the Orion-38, is taken from the Pegasus family of air-launched rockets.