KSC-2009-5236
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – From Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, Garrett Lee Skrobot, who is NASA's mission manager for the Space Tracking and Surveillance System – Demonstrator, oversees the launch. The STSS-Demo spacecraft launched at 8:20:22 a.m. EDT aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket. It was launched by NASA for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. The STSS-Demo is a space-based sensor component of a layered Ballistic Missile Defense System designed for the overall mission of detecting, tracking and discriminating ballistic missiles. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
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KSC-2009-5236
Date Created
September 25, 2009
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KSC
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Cape Canaveral, FL
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