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Robotic spaceplane flies to edge of space to spy on the spysats
Who watches the watchmen and who spies on the spy satellites? It turns out it's an optical package called Morning Sparrow made by Scout Space and carried by Dawn Aerospace's Aurora spaceplane to the edge of space to snap low-orbit spysats.
In this way, it's possible to quickly respond to emergency situations by deploying satellites for not just surveillance, but communications, remote sensing, and battlefield networks before their orbits decay and they burn up in the Earth's atmosphere. "This is exactly what the Aurora is designed for – repeatable, tactical access to near space, supporting payloads that can’t wait months or years for launch," said Stefan Powell, CEO of Dawn Aerospace. A retired field archaeologist and university lecturer, he has a background in the history of science, technology, and medicine with a particular emphasis on aerospace, military, and cybernetic subjects.
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