Weather System Follow-on Microwave Program: Difference between revisions

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==WSF-M1==

{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = Weather System Follow-on Microwave-1

| names_list = WSF-M1

| image =

| image_caption =

| image_size = 300px

| mission_type = [[Space weather]]

| operator = [[United States Space Force|USSF]]

| COSPAR_ID =

| SATCAT =

| website =

| mission_duration =

| spacecraft =

| spacecraft_type =

| spacecraft_bus =

| manufacturer = [[Ball Aerospace & Technologies]]

| launch_mass =

| dimensions =

| power =

| launch_date = 11 April 2024, 14:25 UTC<ref name=2024USSF/><ref name=BATC2024/>

| launch_rocket = [[Falcon 9 Block 5]] Cargo

| launch_site = [[Vandenberg Space Force Base|Vandenberg]]

| launch_contractor = [[SpaceX]]

| entered_service =

| deactivated =

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| decay_date =

| orbit_reference = [[Geocentric orbit]]

| orbit_regime = [[Sun-synchronous orbit]]

| orbit_periapsis =

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| orbit_inclination =

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| apsis = gee

| instruments = Microwave imaging radiometer

| insignia =

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| insignia_size = 200px

| programme = [[Weather System Follow-on Microwave program]]

| previous_mission = [[Defense Meteorological Satellite Program|DMSP-19]]

| next_mission = [[WSF-M2]]

}}

WSF-M1 was launched in April 2024 on a [[Falcon 9 Block 5]] rocket from [[Vandenberg Space Force Base]].<ref name=2024USSF>{{cite tweet |user=USSF_SSC |number=1529969683671134209|title=SSC ordered 8 National Security Space Launch missions from our industry partners ULA & SpaceX for launch in 2024 for #SpaceForce. |date=27 May 2022 |access-date=27 May 2022}}</ref><ref name="BATC2024">{{cite web |url=https://www.ball.com/aerospace/newsroom/blogs/ball-aerospace-ships-wsf-m-satellite-for-launch |title=Ball Aerospace Ships Space Systems Command Operational Weather Satellite for Launch |date=6 February 2024 |access-date=8 February 2024}}</ref>