USAF satellites started taking photos of other satellites in geosynchronous orbit

Commander of U.S. Air Force Space Command, Gen. John Hyten, revealed that the two Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program satellites in orbit have started taking photos of other satellites operating in geosynchronous orbit.

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Source: U.S. Air Force
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North Korean freight train carried materials to rocket launch site

The intelligence agencies of Japan, South Korea and the United States have confirmed that a North Korean freight train transported unknown materials to the Tongchang-ri launch site recently.

North Korean Unha-3 rocket at launch pad
By Sungwon Baik / VOA (North Korea Rocket Launch – Photo Galleries) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Lockheed Martin started construction of world’s largest digital phased array radar

Lockheed Martin’s Space Fence System has cleared the Critical Design Review (CDR) conducted by the U.S. Air Force. Construction of the world’s largest digital phased array radar has begun on Kwajalein Island, the company said.

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