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Thursday, December 06, 2012

STSS Demonstration Satellites, Built by Northrop Grumman-Raytheon Team, Collect Data for Future Operational Space Missile Tracking System

SM-3 |The Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration satellites, built by a Northrop Grumman and Raytheon team for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), collected data during an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense test June 26 that will be used to create a concept of operations for future space-borne, operational missile defense sensors.

Designated FTM-18, the combined Aegis Launch on Remote and Engage on Remote exercise involved the successful intercept of a medium-range target by the newest variant of MDA's Standard Missile-3 interceptor, the SM-3 1B.

The pair of STSS demonstration satellites collected data in infrared wave bands similar to those planned for MDA's proposed Precision Tracking Space System (PTSS), said David Bloodgood, STSS program manager for Northrop Grumman's Aerospace Systems sector in Redondo Beach, Calif.

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