USAF Unit Alerts NASA To On-Orbit Hazards
Air Force Space Command's 1st Space Control Sqdn. uses 30 radar and optical sensors to track about 10,000 man-made objects in space. Under a standing agreement with NASA, the unit routinely notifies the space agency when a piece of debris might pose a collision hazard to a shuttle orbiter or the...
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