A missile system solely designed for orbital defense.

The Surface to Orbit Missile System uses a Cold Launch System, which entails usage of a launching device rather than the missile's propulsion system. In this case, the launching system is a specialized tube wrapped with Unidirectional Gravity Plating that launches the missile with an escape velocity of 22.8 kilometers per second. This allows the missile to reach a planet's exosphere before ignition of the missiles drives.

The Surface to Orbit Missile uses a standard Missile Fusion Engine once it exits a planet's exosphere. This allows the missile an acceleration of 37,703 Gs or 369.7 kilometers per second squared and a maximum attainable velocity of 0.37 c or 110,923 kilometers per second before the drives burn out. During tests, missiles very rarely reached their attainable velocity before striking a target however, giving the Surface to Orbit Missile a maximum powered envelope of 2 Light Minutes or 35,975,094.96 kilometers. It's effective powered envelope is more along the lines of 1 Light Minute or 17,987,547.48 kilometers to give it ample room to maneuver.

The Surface to Orbit Missiles have two distinct guidance systems compared to standard missiles. It's standard close-range guidance system is a LADAR Targeting Array, which uses a Laser-based radar to guide it's warhead to the target. Normally, a missile would rely upon a ship or station's long-range detection systems and communications arrays to guide it at long-range. However, considering the Surface to Orbit Missile is launched from the surface of a planet, the missile itself is given a specialized subspace mass sensor with a detection range of 2 Light Hours or 2 158 505 697.6 kilometers.

There are only three warheads for the Surface to Orbit Missile.

See: Station-sized Antimatter Warheads

The Electronic Warfare Warhead is similar to Dietrich Starkwerk's Sturm Electronic Countermeasure in its method.

See: Station-sized Fusion Warheads

• Initial Launch Velocity: 22.8 kilometers per second
• Range: 500 kilometers

• Average Acceleration: 37,703 Gs (369.7 kilometers per second squared)
• Maximum Attainable Velocity: 0.37c (110,923 kilometers per second)
• Effective Powered Envelope: 1 Light Minute (17,987,547.48 kilometers)
• Flight Time: 5 minutes

• Antimatter: Between 1 and 5 SDR¹⁾
• Electronic Warfare: Jams Enemy Targeting and Detection Systems
• Fusion: 4 SDR