Liftoff Time
No Earlier Than 2025
EWS-OD 1 or EWS Operational Demonstration-1, integrate the EWS payload and provide on-orbit mission control services to support the collection of theater weather imagery and cloud characterization data for worldwide military operational use. For EWS, GA-EMS is teaming with EOVista, LLC, Atmospheric and Environmental Research Inc. (AER), and Braxton Technologies, LLC. EOVista provides the EO/IR payload, AER Inc performs weather product generation, and Braxton Technologies, LLC provides mission Enterprise Ground Station (EGS) command and control, and operations support.
Manufacturer: General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems
Operator: United States Space Force
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
400 kilograms
Agency
NorthropPrice
$46.00 million
Rocket
Height: 23.88m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 1,735 kg
Liftoff Thrust
2,200 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 2.34m
Height: 6.4m
Stages
4