Watch the ASBM launch here August 11

EVENT DETAILS
Pre-launch broadcast 6:45 p.m. PT / 9:45 p.m. ET
Lift-off Scheduled for 7:02 p.m. PDT/10:02 p.m. EDT

The Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission is scheduled to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, delivering commercial and secure military broadband communications coverage to the Arctic region. Northrop Grumman provided the two-satellite constellation, the Enhanced Polar System – Recapitalization payloads and related ground system, and led system integration at the company’s Dulles, VA, facility along with launch site integration operations.