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NNSA Delivers New Nuclear Detonation Sensors To Space Force

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NNSA Delivers New Nuclear Detonation Sensors To Space Force
Engineers and technologists at Sandia National Laboratories prepare sensors for the next generation of detectors as part of thermal vacuum testing. Photo: National Nuclear Security Administration

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has delivered its fifth next-generation Global Burst Detector (GBD) sensor payload to the Space Force to monitor nuclear detonations above-ground globally. The payload will be integrated onto a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite before launch, where it will join an existing constellation of sensors that continuously monitor the globe for above-ground nuclear explosions. Orbiting approximately 12,550 miles above Earth aboard GPS satellites, the sensors support the U.S. Nuclear Detonation Detection System, a mission that…

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