The US Air Force Research Laboratory announced that a new mission to space will be launched with a new video it shared. Although there is not much detail about the mission, the sharing showed that the US army will launch satellites that will patrol the orbit of the Moon into space.
The development of technology is likewise pushing people’s space exploration forward. This situation causes a new news about space missions to appear every day. The news coming today is that it belongs to the United States army. Space Force revealed that he was working on a new Moon mission.
A new mission was announced in a video published on the official YouTube account of the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). According to the statements, the US army is around the Moon. will patrol It plans to send satellites into space in the coming years.
Satellite will be sent to ensure the safety of missions
The video shared by AFRL is the name of the project. ‘Cislunar Highway Patrol System (CHPS)‘ announced it would. In the statements made in the video, the space missions of the USA so far and some details of this planned mission were mentioned: “So far, US space missions have reached 35,000 kilometers above the earth. The Air Force Research Laboratory also wants to increase this distance by a factor of 10, expand the US operation area by 1,000 times, and plans to provide access to the far side of the Moon.”
Let’s say that there are not many details about the project at the moment. However, based on what is mentioned in the video, space missions ensure safety It can be said that satellites equipped with a powerful telescope can be sent into lunar orbit. Also in the video; Commercial flights, which are expected to become very widespread in the future, important missions such as Artemis and countries other than the USA are expected to increase due to missions. take control of space traffic It is understood that such a project may be being developed for
Program planning director of the Secure World Foundation, a foundation that works on peaceful uses and sustainability of space. Brian Weeden He also shared his thoughts on this task in his statements. Weeden described this mission as the first step towards learning what’s going on in deep space and identifying potential threats to US activities.
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Finally, it is stated that this project, which aims to create military activity around the Moon, will receive support from different branches in the USA. According to the statements, the development of the CHPS satellite will be carried out by the Air Force and many other organizations. The US Space Force will determine how this satellite will be used. There are no details yet about when the task will start; but it is estimated to be in 2025.