Irene Klotz reports:
The United States plans to launch a pair of satellites to keep tabs on spacecraft from other countries orbiting 22,300 miles (35,970 km) above the planet, as well as to track space debris, the head of Air Force Space Command said.
The previously classified Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) will supplement ground-based radars and optical telescopes in tracking thousands of pieces of debris so orbital collisions can be avoided, General William Shelton said at the Air Force Association meeting in Orlando on Friday.
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