The two hosted payloads, designed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, will keep tabs on spacecraft and dangerous debris in geosynchronous orbit (GEO).
By Theresa Hitchens“The US doesn’t go anywhere alone, we don’t do it alone around the world, and we certainly don’t do it alone in space,” Lt. Gen. Nina M. Armagno, Space Force staff director said yesterday.
By Theresa HitchensSMC is “working on innovative relationships with, believe it or not, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, and some other places you wouldn’t think of as traditional spacefaring nations,” says Gen. DT Thompson, Space Force vice.
By Theresa HitchensJapan plans to host an American Space Situational Awareness (SSA) sensor payload on their QZSS satellites. American and Japanese officials are expected to sign a Memorandum of Understanding by the end of the year.
By Paul McLeary and Theresa Hitchens