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Provider
Northrop Grumman Space Systems
Vehicle
Minotaur IV
Launch site / pad
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA / Space Launch Complex 8 · USA
Destination / orbit
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Mission overview
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.
