New Us Satellite To Monitor Debris In Earth Orbit (ap)

AP - A new U.S. Air Force satellite will provide the first full-time, space-based surveillance of hundreds of satellites and thousands of pieces of debris that could crash into American and allied assets circling the Earth.

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