The Missile Defense Agency is proposing the establishment of a new space-based, missile-launch-tracking system as a follow-on to the experimental, dual-satellite Space Tracking and Surveillance System, according to recent budget documents. The new effort, named the Precision Tracking Space System, would consist of "prototype satellites, command and control, and ground stations," MDA's fiscal year 2011 budget overview states. "We are developing the technologies to provide a persistent classification and global tracking capability that would greatly enhance the effectiveness of the...
