Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Flight 19 as good as dead

Gen. John Hyten, commander of Air Force Space Command, told reporters that all attempts to reconnect to and gain control of Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Flight 19 had failed and the military weather satellite is “about dead.”

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Head of U.S. Air Force Space Command says threat to military satellites reached tipping point

The U.S. Congress was told by Gen. John Hyten, commander of the Air Force Space Command, that the threat to U.S. military and intelligence satellites have reached a tipping point.

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