Sole U.S. space-based sensor for looking at other spacecraft ceases ops

VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. – The Pentagon’s only designated space-based sensor collecting intelligence on other spacecraft in orbit ceased operations last week. The Space-Based Visible sensor functioned well past its design life on the Missile Defense Agency’s Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) 10...

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