Agency Addresses Hypersonic Vehicle Detection, Satellite Survivability

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Source:  U.S. Space Force, https://media.defense.gov/2022/Jan/12/2002921198/-1/-1/0/220106-F-KD758-347.JPG
Source: U.S. Space Force, https://media.defense.gov/2022/Jan/12/2002921198/-1/-1/0/220106-F-KD758-347.JPG

January 20, 2022 | Originally published by U.S. Department of Defense on January 12, 2022

“The Space Development Agency [SDA] will be fielding satellites that will provide eyes-on capability to detect maneuverable hypersonic glide vehicles during flight, and those satellites will be affordable and prolific,” the SDA Director said.
Speaking today at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies’ Schriever Spacepower Forum, Derek Tournear said satellites in low-Earth orbit, or LEO, will make up the tracking layer that will be able to detect hypersonic threats by their heat signatures, eventually on a global scale.
Once the data gets fused in the Joint Overhead Persistent Infrared Ground System, it’s then disseminated out typically over UHF or other Link 16 networks, then to weapons platforms.

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