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A new satellite defense technology is about to get its first real-world test in orbit, and while we naturally don’t get to know much about it just yet, the Air Force has confirmed that a classified satellite launching sometime in the near future will carry the awkwardly named Self-Awareness Space Situational Awarenessksystem, or SASSA. Like radar for satellites, the system will alert operators of potential space-borne threat to the satellite and perhaps even take kinetic action should a satellite become threatened.
SASSA, the Military's New Satellite Self-Defense System
Seeded on Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:17 PM EDT
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or how about getting rid of old satellites' that are falling to earth, that would be a good use. Before it falls to earth.
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