U.S. military space tracking systems strain under new threats

Illustration of the growing crowd and debris problem in GEO, which may be addressed by fast-responding traffic coordination AI. Credit: ESA/ID&Sense/ONiRiXEL; CC BY-SA 3.0 By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 11 February 2025 The challenge is particularly acute in geosynchronous orbit (GEO) where many military communications and early warning

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US ‘risks electronic warfare’ with China after unveiling anti-satellite jammer network

The Space Force's Remote Modular Terminal is designed to jam enemy satellite signals and prevent them from targeting U.S. and allied assets. (Isaac Blancas/US Space Force) Posted by Defense News, 11 January 2025 The United States Space Force has unveiled a bold new initiative to counter China's satellite surveillance capabilities

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US Space Force 5 years later: What has it accomplished so far, and where does it go from here?

(Image credit: U.S. Space Force) By Brtt Tingley, Published by Space.com, 20 December 2024 The U.S. Space Force celebrates its fifth anniversary today. The service was formally established on Dec. 20, 2019, when President Donald Trump signed it into law with the National Defense Authorization Act, the bill that allocates

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Space Force operators get hands on ATLAS space monitoring software

By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 12 December 2024 "The integration testing continues to go well," Lt. Gen. Philip Garrant told reporters at the Space Force Association's Spacepower 2024 conference in  Orlando, Fla. — expressing optimism that ATLAS will meet his expectations for achieving operational capability by the end

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