Minotaur IV | EWS OD-1
Provider: Northrop Grumman Space Systems
Vehicle: Minotaur IV
Launch Date:
Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 8
Target Orbit: SSO
Orbital Compute Tier: Insufficient data
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.
Mission intelligence
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