USAF Eyes July SBSS Launch, New Space Fence

COLORADO SPRINGS — U.S. Air Force officials say the first Space-Based Space Surveillance satellite is set to launch July 8 from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., on a Minotaur IV rocket, and another SBSS spacecraft is likely to be purchased to add capacity in orbit. The Boeing/Ball Aerospace satellite is the...

Subscription Required

 

This content requires a subscription to one of the Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) bundles.

Schedule a demo today to find out how you can access this content and similar content related to your area of the global aviation industry.

Already an AWIN subscriber? Login

 

Did you know?  Aviation Week has won top honors multiple times in the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards, the business-to-business media equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes.