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Pentagon Seeks Low-Cost Satellite Capability

July 28, 2006 :: Jane's Information Group :: News

U.S. military commanders are seeking smaller, cheaper satellites to aid in a variety of tactical missions, reports the August 2 edition of Jane’s Defence Weekly. After years of cost overruns and schedule slips in its space programs, the Pentagon launched the Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) program in 2003 to focus on cheap, light, flexible satellites that could be used in tactical situations to aid ground forces. The satellites would only be expected to have a lifespan of about a year, and would conduct missions ranging from the detection of missile launches to on-the-ground communications and maritime tracking. U.S. Strategic Command, in particular, is seeking satellites for operations such as “strategic electronic warfare,” reports Jane’s.

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