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Pentagon seeks commercially built GEO spy satellites

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Submitted ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Captainautism@lemmy.dbzer0.com⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://spacenews.com/pentagon-seeks-commercially-built-geo-spy-satellites/

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  • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    These are satellites that will monitor geostationary orbit, not monitor from geostat. They’re not a secret, and aren’t really “spying”, given that their existence isn’t a secret.

    What a moronic headline.

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  • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The Pentagon is trying to fast-track the deployment of spacecraft for surveillance of geosynchronous Earth orbit, or GEO, a strategically important region roughly 22,000 miles above Earth where many U.S. communications, missile warning and intelligence satellites operate.

    So…they want a solution to monitor what is currently moving around in GEO. Doesn’t seem particularly sinister or even like “spying”

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  • db2@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    They can give me 10 billion dollars to make an AItellite. I won’t have to axially make anything useful, just throw some garbage in the air once in a while and claim victory constantly.

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