MDA Plans HBTSS Launch By End Of Year

Brian Everstine August 10, 2023

A Northrop Grumman graphic of its HBTSS prototype.

Credit: Northrop Grumman
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama—The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) plans to launch the two prototype satellites for its Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) system later this year to begin demonstrating its capability on orbit before transferring them to the Space Development Agency (SDA), the...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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