there were also making a clear statement to us about their ability to threaten our capabilities. china has deployed a satellite with a robotic arm and claw that can reach out and grab or damage other satellites. the pentagon says china space program is now outpacing the u.s. with more than 60 launches in 2022. building a remote robotic post in the far side of the moon, invisible to u.s. satellites. the concern? beijing could one day deploy offensive weapons in the space between the moon and earth, an area called cislunar. because all the activity that s happening on the moon has to go through cislunar space. in the coming year, the u.s. is preparing to launch a satellite to monitor chinese activity. in 2022, a colorado company plays a small satellite called capstone into cislunar. to survey the best orbit for a
Joy White, SSC executive director, said that information about the July 28 reverse industry day on space domain awareness out to the cislunar region should be available on the Front Door website within a few days.
The $87 million in funding for the Commerce office is a step in the direction of implementing the long-stalled plan to transfer authority for tracking non-military spacecraft to a civil agency.
The July reverse industry days on space domain awareness will allow Space Systems Command to get a closer look at the myriad industry efforts to see what the service might be able to simply acquire rather than have to develop itself.