COSMIC CUSTODIANS
Satellite instruments developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory can detect nuclear detonations on Earth and in outer space.
MEDIUM EARTH ORBIT
CURRENTLY FLYING
Payload: GBD
Satellites: GPS Block IIR, IIF, and III
CURRENTLY BUILDING
Payload: Modernized GBD
Satellites: GPS Block IIF
CURRENTLY DESIGNING
Payload: First flight units of EMP and HRS
GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT
CURRENTLY FLYING
Payload: SABRS-1, 2, 3
Satellites: STP-SAT6
CURRENTLY BUILDING
Payload: SABRS-4
CURRENTLY DESIGNING
Payload: SABRS-Prime
GEOSYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER ORBIT
CURRENTLY DESIGNING
Payload: ESRA
Having sensors in several orbits, persistently over time, gives us the ability to monitor all the time, everywhere, without fail.”
– MARC KIPPEN
A satellite travels in an ellipse; its distance from Earth varies.
A satellite circles with the Earth above the same location at all times.
A satellite circles the Earth twice a day