U.S. Air Force sights Satellite Spotter

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U.S. Air Force sights Satellite Spotter Submitted by Seher Dhillon on Mon, 09/27/2010 - 14:57

Latest updates on space stations states that detecting and tracking space debris and other satellites might hit NASA's International Space Station which was proclaimed at Saturday night in California.

It is the Space Based Surveillance Satellite (SBSS) that got in the low earth orbit coming out of the Vandenberg Air Force Base atop a Minotaur IV rocket at 9:41 p. m. PDT.

The satellite will be working in unison with the ground based sensors aiding to detect the keep a track of orbital space debris and satellites. The information will be employed by the NASA's International Space Station to help steer away from their path.

It was further stated that the rocket was made by the Orbital Sciences Corp. Minotaur IV's forthcoming mission to be released in seven small development satellites with 16 experimental payloads into orbit from the Alaska Spaceport launch complex in Kodiak, AK, it is believed to be a research and development