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General Atomics Says Weather Satellite for U.S. Space Force Now a 3-5 Year Prototype

Frank Wolfe

Monday, November 29th, 2021

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General Atomics Says Weather Satellite for U.S. Space Force Now a 3-5 Year Prototype

An artist's rendition of a DMSP satellite orbiting earth (U.S. Space Force Photo)

General Atomics said on Nov. 29 that the U.S. Space Force has chosen to make the General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems' (GA-EMS) design for the service's Electro-Optical Infrared Weather System (EWS) satellite a three to five-year prototype effort--an expansion of a one-year on-orbit demonstration. The spacecraft "has been up-scoped from a one year on orbit sensor demonstration to a three-to-five-year prototype spacecraft with residual operational capability," GA-EMS said. In June, 2020, Space Force awarded $309 million to Raytheon Technologies [RTX]; a…

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