After several years of testing in the United States, the military observation telescope has been permanently moved to Australia, where it is ready to survey the skies, according to the site. outer space.
The US Space Force claims that its Space Observation Telescope (SS) in Australia and provides a new perspective on the sky for the search for alien spacecraft, space debris, and astronomical objects of interest.
Space Force officials said the telescope, which first saw light in 2011 and has undergone years of testing, is now operating in the Southern Hemisphere, where it will join the global space observation network of the United States and its allies.
Its primary mission is to search for alien spacecraft or space debris orbiting Earth, and the telescope can be redirected for other purposes of astronomical observation, according to the statement. cosmic forceCan SS It also tracks faint objects in space to help predict and avoid potential collisions, as well as detect asteroids and comets.
The telescope has been tested including White Sands missile launched in New Mexico from 2011 to 2017 with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency”DarbaAfter handing over the telescope to the US Air Force in 2017, the military has decided to move the telescope to Australia in 2020, according to Space News.
Supersonic aircraft are redefining missions at a time when space debris has become a pressing political issue for the United States and commercial service providers such as SpaceX broadcast thousands of satellites starlink into orbit, which increases the likelihood of potential collisions.
In addition to the issue of satellite debris, in which the Russian anti-satellite test was conducted (as in) in November 2021 to create a large debris cloud that chased the orbit of the International Space Station for a while, a lot of debris is still present, and also approached the Starlink satellites in orbit.
The Space Force joins NASA and the Federal Communications Commission (FCCVice President Kamala Harris, who chairs the National Space Council, is among government partners that have taken steps to address the space debris problem in recent months.FCC) recently updated its wreckage rules, and Harris promised that the United States would not conduct tests as in its own destroyer.