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Lockheed Martin Space Fence Radar Prototype Tracking Orbiting Objects
“A prototype of a new radar system developed by a Lockheed Martin-led team is now tracking orbiting space objects, bringing the U.S. Air Force’s Space Fence program one step closer to revolutionizing our nation’s space situational awareness. On February 29, the Air Force granted its final approval of Lockheed Martin’s preliminary design for the system.”
Biologist, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Biologist and Payload integrator, Editor of NASAWatch.com and Astrobiology.com, Lapsed climber, Explorer, Synaesthete, Former Challenger Center board member... More by Keith Cowing
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Why hasn’t someone proposed a mission “clean sweep” to capture some of this junk and reduce the risks? Perhaps a set of satellites that inflate large foam balloons to capture the debris, then send them to burn up in the atmosphere.