U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command said that it launched a Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) Weather Systems (EWS) technical demonstration cube satellite by Colorado's Orion Space Solutions aboard the SpaceX Transporter-6 mission on Jan. 3 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. "This one-year EWS cubesat technical demonstration will prove out emerging space-based EO/IR radiometric imaging technology, using a smaller sensor to provide timely weather imagery data from low Earth orbit (LEO)," SSC said. EWS is to replace four Lockheed Martin [LMT] Defense…
