ULA launches two space surveillance satellites for US Space Force - SpaceNews

WASHINGTON — In its first mission of 2022, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket on Jan.

The satellites, named GSSAP-5 and GSSAP-6, are part of the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP).

USSF-8 marked the 91st launch of the Atlas 5 rocket.  ULA said this was the first and only planned flight of the Atlas 5 in the 511 configuration with a single solid rocket booster and a 5-meter diameter fairing.

The payload fairing separated from the rocket about three and a half minutes after launch.

Stephen Whiting, commander of the Space Force’s Space Operations Command