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USSF Launches Fifth and Sixth GSSAPs after Five-Month Delay

Frank Wolfe

Friday, January 21st, 2022

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USSF Launches Fifth and Sixth GSSAPs after Five-Month Delay

An artist's rendering of GSSAP satellites (U.S. Space Force)

The U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command launched the fifth and sixth Northrop Grumman [NOC] Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Jan. 21. ULA is a partnership between Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Boeing [BA]. The USSF-8 mission will be the first GSSAP launch since 2016. The Atlas V rocket for the Jan. 21 launch was the first in the "511” configuration--a five-meter fairing, one…

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