Maxar satellites will help the military monitor Russia and China: what is known about the new program

The company has signed a contract for 10 years with the US Department of Defense under the ECL. The ECL aims to improve the observation of all important objects on Earth and in the orbit of our planet, Defense News reports. This was especially relevant in connection with Russian aggression and complex relations with the PRC.

Electro-Optical Commercial Layer is intended to improve both high-quality and quantitative increase in intelligence satellites that observe critical military and civilian facilities. New Maxar satellites will perform a double task - to observe objects and activities in orbit. The company is one of the three firms that have concluded a contract with the National Satellite Satellite (NRO), an agency that develops and operates intelligence satellites to take pictures over the next 10 years.

Tony Frazer, Vice -Cresident Executive and Maxar Technologies, said that the company is "limited collection" of images of such a plan and discusses with the Pentagon as its satellites can be used even better for this mission. Fraser described the work of his company in this field, as at the Study and Assessment stage, adding that it can affect future intelligence technologies.

Satellites who observe orbit activities contribute to the fact that the US Department of Defense calls "a cognition about the space domain. " This mission is a priority for the US space command and US space forces, as they are increasingly concerned about low -end, low earth orbit and aggression by opponents such as Russia and China. Space forces use a combination of ground and space sensors to accomplish this task.

Their radar park, known as space surveillance (SSN), watches the space from the Earth and transmits data to command and control systems that catalog space objects. The service also has orbit sensors that provide awareness of the domain and partnership with the National Intelligence Satellite Administration will launch their latest Silent Barker space surveillance satellites this summer.

The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, which analyzes satellite images and turns them into data suitable for use, also coordinates its actions with the service and spacecom. According to Pentagon, Maxar satellites can be a supplement, including Space Face (Space Fence), built by Lockheed Martin three years ago. The radar is located on the Quadzhalein atoll on the Marshall Islands and significantly increased the number of objects that the service can see from the ground.