NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

EWS-OD 1

Launch Time
NET May, 2025

Rocket

Minotaur IV
Northrop
Status: Active
Price: $46.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 2,200 kN
Payload to LEO: 1,735 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 23.88 m
Fairing Diameter: 2.34 m
Fairing Height: 6.4 m

Mission Details

EWS-OD 1

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.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 400.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

SLC-8, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA