[BenLurkin]

https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/next-launch/atlas-v-stp-3

[BradyLS]

Nice to see the Atlas (V) still soldiering on!

[Rio]

a National Nuclear Security Administration payload designed to detect the detonation of nuclear bombs from space.

I'm surprised that it takes a satellite to do that job.

[Pollard]

[SunkenCiv]

Meanwhile, the regime's war on Elon Musk continues.

[snip] STP-3 will launch two satellites that carry a variety of technology-demonstrating payloads, most of them sponsored by the Department of Defense's Space Test Program. Many of the payloads are classified, but we know a bit about a few of them.

For example, the larger of the two satellites, called STPSat-6, carries a new NASA laser-communication system and a National Nuclear Security Administration payload designed to detect the detonation of nuclear bombs from space. [/snip]