After July, a launch of the Silent Barker satellite network is planned. The latest move in the escalating extraterrestrial competition between superpowers will see the US Space Force launch a network of satellites this summer to monitor Chinese or Russian spacecraft that may be able to destroy or harm orbiting objects.
Dubbed “Silent Barker,” the network would be the first of its kind to complement ground-based sensors and low-earth orbit satellites, according to the Space Force and analysts. The satellites will be placed about 22,000 miles (35,400 kilometers) above the Earth and at the same speed it rotates, known as geosynchronous orbit.
“This capability enables indications and warnings of threats” against high-value US systems and will “provide capabilities to search, detect, and track objects from space for timely threat detection,” the Space Force, which is developing the satellites with the National Reconnaissance Office, said in a statement.