United Launch Alliance launches SBIRS Satellite from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches the fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Satellite (SBIRS GEO) for the US Space Force from Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. The SBIRS GEO system is used to detect heat signatures of missiles being launched from around the world. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI