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  "id": "cbas",
  "name": "Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM (CBAS)",
  "aliases": [],
  "domain": "space",
  "country": "USA",
  "category": "Military communications satellites",
  "status": "in-service",
  "fielded": null,
  "operators": [
    "USA"
  ],
  "summary": "Geostationary satellites that augment existing military satellite communications.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "orbit_regime",
      "v": "GEO",
      "src": [
        "asf-continuous-broadcast-augmenting-satcom"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "sats_count",
      "v": 2,
      "src": [
        "asf-continuous-broadcast-augmenting-satcom"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "note": "CBAS 1 (2018), CBAS 2 (2023); CBAS 3 planned"
    },
    {
      "k": "first_launch",
      "v": 2018,
      "src": [
        "asf-continuous-broadcast-augmenting-satcom"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "contractor",
      "v": "Boeing",
      "src": [
        "asf-continuous-broadcast-augmenting-satcom"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [],
  "art": "satellite",
  "image": {
    "file": "cbas.jpg",
    "thumb": "cbas-thumb.jpg",
    "credit": "Senior Airman Thomas Sjoberg, U.S. Space Force / DVIDS",
    "license": "Public domain",
    "url": "https://www.dvidshub.net/image/7600948",
    "title": "SLD 45 Supports Successful USSF 67 Mission",
    "source": "DVIDS",
    "dvids_id": 7600948,
    "unit": "Space Launch Delta 45"
  },
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-11-08",
      "change": "Entry created from cited open sources"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/cbas.html",
  "sources": {
    "asf-continuous-broadcast-augmenting-satcom": {
      "title": "Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM (weapons and platforms entry)",
      "publisher": "Air & Space Forces Magazine",
      "url": "https://www.airandspaceforces.com/weapons/continuous-broadcast-augmenting-satcom/",
      "published": null,
      "tier": 3,
      "checked": "2026-11-08"
    }
  }
}