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NRO chief: “You can’t hide” from our new swarm of SpaceX-built spy satellites
“A satellite is always coming over an area within a given reasonable amount of time.”…
The Pentagon's Space Development Agency plans to kick off a rapid-fire launch cadence next year to begin placing hundreds of small satellites in orbit to detect and track missiles threatening US or allied forces. NRO officials still expect to require some large satellites with sharp-eyed optics—think of a Hubble Space Telescope pointed at Earth—to resolve the finest details of things like missile installations, naval fleets, or insurgent encampments. SpaceX revealed the existence of the Starshield division in 2022, the year after signing the NRO contract, as a vehicle for applying the company's experience manufacturing Starlink Internet satellites to support US national security missions.
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