DARPA Launches Low-Earth-Orbit Object Tracking Program

The U.S. Defense Department is working to transfer responsibility for space situational awareness to the Commerce Department by fiscal 2024.

Credit: NASA
DARPA has kicked off its Space-domain Wide Area Tracking and Characterization (Space-WATCH) program, an effort to convince commercial and government operators to host space situational awareness sensors on their satellites. The research agency wants to track all objects in real time in low Earth...
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Based in the Seattle area, Garrett covers the space sector and advanced technologies that are shaping the future of aerospace and defense, including space startups, advanced air mobility and artificial intelligence.

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