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The United States is deploying a new missile-tracking satellite constellation that operates from low-Earth orbit and Raytheon Technologies has recently been awarded a contract valued at over $250 million to design, develop, and deliver the constellation. This constellation will consist of seven vehicles to provide missile warning and tracking for the U.S. Department of Defense.
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In early February 2023, the United States military shot down a Chinese balloon that had reportedly drifted across Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, Canada, and the central United States. U.S. officials have since stated that they believe the balloon was blown off course by prevailing winds, preventing it from passing over Guam and Hawaii as originally intended.
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Christopher Stone, the former Special Assistant to the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, has argued that the United States should develop its own fractional orbital bombardment systems (F/OBS) to counter China’s advances in this field of space weaponry.
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries successfully launched the 46th H2A rocket on Jan. 26 carrying a Japanese radar spy satellite into space.
Several sources have confirmed that Japan plans to place a small satellite constellation in low Earth orbit to track next-generation hypersonic missiles, the Ashahi Shimbun reports.
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