Falcon 9 Block 5 | Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM)

Mission Details

ASBM (Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission) 1 & 2 are two twin satellites built by Northrop Grumman for Space Norway, in cooperation with Inmarsat and the Norwegian Ministry of Defence. They are designed to bring mobile broadband coverage in the Arctic for both civilians and military. The US Air Force provides the Extremely High Frequency eXtended Data Rate payloads on ASBM satellites as part of the Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization (EPS-R) program.

Type

Communications

Orbit

Elliptical Orbit

Launch Site

Pad

Space Launch Complex 4E

Location

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Country

🇺🇸 USA