U.S. Space Force Plans Network of Sensors To Watch Orbiting Objects

Space-Based Space Surveillance satellite
The Space Force wants sensors hosted on commercial satellites to enhance its existing space domain awareness satellites, such as the Space-Based Space Surveillance satellite.
Credit: U.S. Space Force
U.S. Space Command is now tracking more than 47,000 objects in Earth orbit—almost double the number when the combatant command was established three years ago. As space threats grow, the Pentagon wants a bigger surveillance network Machine learning would help to define 47,000 orbiting objects...

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