{"id":32599,"date":"2024-02-28T18:53:54","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T18:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2024\/02\/28\/missile-warning-sensor-payload-delay-could-push-back-2025-launch-plans\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:42:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:42:52","slug":"missile-warning-sensor-payload-delay-could-push-back-2025-launch-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2024\/02\/28\/missile-warning-sensor-payload-delay-could-push-back-2025-launch-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Missile warning payload delay could push back 2025 launch plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A key missile warning satellite\u2019s sensor payload is a year behind schedule, according to the Space Force\u2019s top acquisition official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Receiving that payload, built by RTX, and integrating it onto the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2023\/07\/12\/congress-queries-space-force-plan-for-fewer-missile-warning-satellites\/\" target=\"_blank\">Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared<\/a> satellite is a top acquisition priority for the service, Frank Calvelli said during a Feb. 27 speech at the National Security Space Association\u2019s Defense and Intelligence Space Conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He told C4ISRNET on the sidelines of the conference he\u2019s concerned further delays could push the planned launch date past its 2025 target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGiven that the payload is a year late, yeah, I\u2019m worried,\u201d Calvelli said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next-Gen OPIR is the successor to today\u2019s Space-Based Infrared System, which detects and tracks ballistic missiles. It includes two satellites built by Lockheed Martin that will reside in geostationary orbit, about 22,000 miles above Earth, and two Northrop Grumman-built polar satellites destined for a highly elliptical orbit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lockheed in 2022 selected RTX, formerly Raytheon, and a Northrop Grumman-Ball Aerospace team to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2022\/03\/01\/lockheed-northrop-choose-payloads-for-space-force-missile-warning-satellites\/\" target=\"_blank\">to develop the primary payloads<\/a> for the geosynchronous satellites. The mission payloads feature advanced sensors the Space Force will use to detect missile launches around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Government Accountability Office has issued repeated warnings of potential delays to the program, most recently in a June 2023 report. 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