Silent Barker Spacecraft Expected to Begin Operation in 2025 Written 13 December 2024
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Atlas V SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 Mission launch, September 10, 2023 | Credit: United Launch Alliance; YouTube; framegrab
Aviation Week reports, “The first spacecraft from a joint U.S. Space Force and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) program to conduct space situational awareness are close to entering operation next year. The Silent Barker spacecraft were launched Sept. 10, 2023, aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Since then, the satellites have been undergoing the test-and-checkout phase, which is nearing completion, U.S. Space Command chief Gen. Stephen Whiting told reporters Dec. 11.”
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