USA-241
{{Short description|United States military satellite}}
{{Infobox spaceflight
| name = USA-241
| names_list = SBIRS GEO-2 (SV-2)
Space-Based Infrared System GEOstationary-2
| image = SBIRS GEO-3.jpg
| image_caption = SBIRS GEO-2 satellite in orbit
| image_size = 300px
| mission_type = Infrared early warning
IRINT
| operator = United States Air Force / United States Space Force
| COSPAR_ID = 2013-011A
| SATCAT = 39120
| website = https://www.spaceforce.mil/
| mission_duration = 12 years (planned)
{{time interval|19 March 2013|show=ymd}} (in progress)
| spacecraft = SBIRS GEO-2
| spacecraft_type = SBIRS GEO
| spacecraft_bus = A2100M
| manufacturer = Lockheed Martin Space
| launch_mass = {{cvt|4500|kg}}
| dry_mass =
| dimensions = 15 m x 6.7 m x 6.1 m
| power =
| launch_date = 19 March 2013, 21:21:00 UTC[http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av037/status.html Spaceflight Now Mission Status Center]
| launch_rocket = Atlas V 401 (AV-037)
| launch_site = Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| launch_contractor = United Launch Alliance
| entered_service = October 2013
| disposal_type =
| deactivated =
| last_contact =
| orbit_reference = Geocentric orbit
| orbit_regime = Geostationary orbit
| orbit_longitude =
| apsis = gee
| instruments =
| insignia =
| insignia_caption =
| insignia_size = 200px
| programme = Space-Based Infrared System program
| previous_mission = SBIRS GEO-1
| next_mission = SBIRS GEO-3
}}
USA-241, also known as SBIRS GEO-2,{{cite web|url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/sbirs-geo-1.htm|title=SBIRS GEO-1, -2, -3, -4|publisher=Gunter's Space Page|date=4 November 2020|access-date=16 May 2021}} is a United States military satellite and part of the Space-Based Infrared System.
Overview
The SBIRS satellites are a replacement for the Defense Support Program early warning system. They are intended to detect ballistic missile launches, as well as various other events in the infrared spectrum, including nuclear explosions, aircraft flights, space object entries and reentries, wildfires and spacecraft launches.
Satellite description
SBIRS-GEO 2 was manufactured by Lockheed Martin Space and is built upon the A2100M satellite bus.
Launch
SBIRS GEO-2 was launched on 19 March 2013 from Cape Canaveral, atop an Atlas V launch vehicle.
Mission
In October 2013, the satellite was incorporated into the United States early warning network.[http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1311/26sbirs "Air Force welcomes new craft into early warning network", Spaceflight Now, 26 November 2013.]
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