‘Neighborhood Watch’ in Space

The first two of four U.S. Air Force Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites—developed under contract with Orbital Sciences Corp. in secret—are now operating in “near geosynchronous” orbit (GEO) as a “neighborhood watch.” “They will be on the lookout for nefarious...

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