The new satellite system will be able to track missiles flying at a speed of 6125 km/h

American engineers will develop satellites that can detect rockets produced by Russia and China. Maxar Technologies will help you create an American satellite system for missile strokes. Space. com told about the project more about the project. The media reports that Maxar Technologies will supply 14 tracking satellites that will be introduced into the Infrastructure of the Space Development Agency (SDA). The project also involves companies such as L3harris Technologies and Northrop Grumman.

They are responsible for supplying two satellite groups for SDA. It is noted that Maxar will deliver L3harris in 2025. Satellites will be placed in low Earth orbit. Their task is to track potential threats, such as a warning about the use of hypersonic missiles. It is assumed that the satellite system will be able to track a hypersonic weapon that moves at a speed of 5 strokes (6125 km/h) or higher. The launch of the first group, consisting of 28 devices, is scheduled for September 2022.

It is known that 8 observation satellites will be used to identify threats and send information to the remaining 20 observations satellites that will send the data on the land. SDA Director Derek Tournament noted that the deployment of a new system is related to "Chinese" and "Russian" threats. "These satellites are specially designed to combat this version of threats," the tournament said. In parallel, the Agency for Prospective Defense Research (DARPA) is developing hypersonic rockets.