October 2023
Remote sensing by satellite - People’s Republic of China
... large aperture reflector antenna (c. 32 m) after it reached GEO. TJS 2, 5 and 6 [2017, 2020, 2021] are assessed to be for early warning of ballistic missiles. They are sometimes also referred to as Huoyan. The name Huoyan means Fire Eyes, which...
March 2016
From Sanctuary to Battlefield
...and deterrence functions, while space-based assets provide early warning of missile attacks and serve as a crucial component... satellites in geosynchronous orbit - including essential missile warning and communications satellites - are located. The US ...
25 April 2016
Near-Earth asteroid population smaller than thought
... states that if small NEAs are on average darker than previously thought, then early warning systems using optical telescopes will have significantly shorter warning times for potential impacts by an asteroid of equivalent size. As the asteroid that...
October 2018
Developing wearable technologies for space and Earth
... shoes). Sophisticated versions of these devices can provide crucial monitoring of an astronaut’s health as well as providing early warnings of increased physical or mental stresses. Environmental monitoring devices that help ensure crew safety and...
January 2021
Spacepower and international relations
...enabled precision warfare technologies, and the strategies which exploit or counter such technologies, depend in large part on early warning, communications and guidance systems located in Earth orbit. Yet China and Russia, as the prime proliferators...
July 2014
Defending NATO and its allies from high-altitude threats
... US uses additional sensors for target detection and tracking, including the Space Tracking and Surveillance System; early warning radars in California, Alaska, the United Kingdom and Greenland; and very capable sea-based X-Band radar...
