The Victus Haze Tactically Responsive Space mission will demonstrate how the military would counter on-orbit aggression.
During the mission, a spacecraft built and launched by Rocket Lab will chase down a satellite made by True Anomaly.The US Space Force on April 11 announced that it is partnering with private space companies Rocket Lab and True Anomaly for a military on-orbit demonstration.
The Victus Haze Tactically Responsive Space mission will demonstrate how the military would counter “on-orbit aggression.” It is a first-of-its-kind mission that reflects ongoing military escalation in the space domain.During the mission, a spacecraft built and launched by Rocket Lab will chase down a satellite made by True Anomaly. The Rocket Lab spacecraft will rendezvous with True Anomaly’s satellite and capture close-up images.
The US Space Force aims to have a response strategy ready for a scenario in which an adversary approaches one of its satellites. The strategy will focus on the rapid deployment of satellites that can counter threats to on-orbit military assets. As such, Rocket Lab will be on standby for a short-notice launch. The exercise is expected to take place next year.Gen.
The People’s Republic of China is “moving breathtakingly fast in space,” he told US lawmakers. “America must rapidly increase the timeliness, quality and quantity of our critical national space and missile defense systems to match China’s speed and maintain our advantage.” The US would argue that Victus Haze is a counter-measure against Russian and Chinese military escalation. However, the world’s big space powers are predictably pointing their fingers at each other, with China and Russia blaming the US for escalation.in Ukraine, we have seemingly entered a new era where efforts to maintain space as a demilitarized domain are all but abandoned.
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