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22nd Northrop Grumman-Built DSP Launched Successfully
Redondo Beach - Feb 14, 2004 The 22nd Northrop Grumman-built Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite was successfully launched today by the U.S. Air Force from Cape Canaveral Air Station. A Titan IVB rocket and Inertial Upper Stage payload delivery vehicle carried the satellite into a geosynchronous orbit. DSP 22 joined the existing constellation on-orbit to give the nation advance warning of ballistic missile launches and other events. "With the successful launch of DSP 22, the long-standing cornerstone of the nation's early warning system just got stronger," said Peggy Paul, Northrop Grumman DSP program manager. "The men and women of the DSP team take great pride in seeing another one of our products called into service to meet the Air Force's current requirements and respond to evolving threats." Prior to the launch, the Central Florida Chapter of the Air Force Association named Northrop Grumman a General Bernard A. Schriever Fellow of the Aerospace Education Foundation in recognition of DSP's sustained record of outstanding support to the Air Force over the past 34 years decades. Since the first DSP's launch in 1970, the DSP spacecraft and infrared sensor have gone through five designs to improve capability, survivability and life expectancy. The spacecraft have demonstrated remarkable reliability, exceeding their specified design lives by nearly 250 percent. Northrop Grumman's Space Technology sector is responsible for building the spacecraft and integrating the sensor, and Northrop Grumman's Electronic System sector provides the primary infrared payload as well as the strategic and tactical mission processing. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Northrop Grumman Space Technology SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Military Space News at SpaceWar.com
Space Group To Activate New Unit
Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Jan 6, 2006Air Force Reserve Command's 310th Space Group will travel deeper into the space program when it activates a new unit Jan. 7. Headquarters Reserve National Security Space Institute will be a Reserve associate unit to the National Security Space Institute in Colorado Springs, Colo. The institute is the Department of Defense's focal point for providing education about space power in joint warfighting. |
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