US Air Force Space Command to get DARPA-developed Space Surveillance Telescope

[rangerrebew]

US Air Force Space Command to get DARPA-developed Space Surveillance Telescope
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19 October 2016

The US Air Force Space Command is to receive the Space Surveillance Telescope (SST) from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

The DARPA-developed advanced telescope will be operated by the air force, in collaboration with the Australian Government at a site in Western Australia.

It will help prevent potential collisions with satellites or planet Earth, according to a statement posted on the US Department of Defense's website.

http://www.airforce-technology.com/news/newsus-air-force-space-command-to-get-darpa-developed-space-surveillance-telescope-5035253

[r9etb]

It will help prevent potential collisions with satellites or planet Earth, according to a statement posted on the US Department of Defense's website.

I could certainly use that kind of help.  My collisions with planet Earth, while rare, never fail to alarm me.