Space Force Is Planning a Military Exercise in Orbit

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Space Force Is Planning a Military Exercise in Orbit
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Two satellites will engage in a “realistic threat response scenario” when Victus Haze gets underway.

The US Space Force announced Thursday it is partnering with two companies, Rocket Lab and True Anomaly, for a first-of-its-kind mission to demonstrate how the military might counter “on-orbit aggression.” On this mission, a spacecraft built and launched by Rocket Lab will chase down another satellite made by True Anomaly, a Colorado-based startup.

'Fundamentally, this is about characterizing an unknown capability for the first time in low-Earth orbit,' Rogers said in an interview with Ars.

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