Space Force and NRO project Silent Barker coming online next year

By Shelley K. Mesch / December 12, 2024 at 10:32 AM
ORLANDO -- The Space Force and National Reconnaissance Office's watchdog satellites are set to go online next year, according to the head of U.S. Space Command. The Silent Barker on-orbit space domain awareness constellation is expected to complete test and checkout early in 2025, Space Force Gen. Stephen Whiting told reporters yesterday at the Space Force Association’s Spacepower Conference. “I won’t put a timeline on it because it's event-driven,” Whiting said, “but once they’re through that test and checkout, then...

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