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Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom With Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto 20210806 13:40:00

Aurora, colorado, space force guardians as they re known fly the nation s missile warning satellites, using infrared sensors, these satellites orbiting 22,000 miles above earth scour the planet 24-7 for missile launches and nuclear detonations. we never stop, always vigilant and we never fail. that s how important this mission is to our nation. we provide precision quality data to tactical fighters on the ground to save their lives. this satellite dish is in touch with mission warning satellites deployed what s known as gio synchronous orbit. if those satellites detect a launch anywhere on the surface of the planet, it beams that information back down to this ground station instantaneously at the speed of light. and then space force sends that information, that warning around the world to u.s. forces deployed abroad, or here on the u.s. homeland. in january 2020, these satellites sprang into action, detecting multiple missiles from iran, targeting the al-assad air ....

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