Minotaur IV | EWS OD-1

Launch information

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Mission 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.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Minotaur IV | EWS OD-1’.

Launch image Minotaur IV | EWS OD-1

TBD

Status: To Be Determined

Class: normal

Launch T0: May 31, 2025, midnight

Timezone: America/Los_Angeles

Launch authority

Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.

Mission

EWS OD-1 (SSO)

Launcher

Northrop Grumman Space Systems

Rocket

Minotaur IV

Location

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 8

Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

Satellites on-board

Tracking of on-board satellites will be available after the rocket launch date (May 31, 2025).

Launch statistics

Launch statistics will be available after the rocket launch date (May 31, 2025).

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