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March 26, 2015

US Developing Space Radar in Marshall Islands
Washington DC (Sputnik) Mar 26, 2015
The US Air Force is establishing an advanced radar system in the Marshall Islands to detect thousands of satellites and space debris, the builder of the Space Fence radar system Lockheed Martin said in a statement. "The number of small satellites and satellite operators around the world is skyrocketing, rapidly crowding an environment already congested by the more than 17,000 pieces of space debris that we are able to track today," Lockheed Martin Advanced Systems Vice President Steve Bruce said o ... read more

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