Deep-space radar in Australia begins tracking satellites for AUKUS partners

WASHINGTON — A new deep-space radar site in Western Australia, built under a trilateral partnership between the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, has demonstrated it can track objects in geostationary Earth orbit (GEO), the prime contractor for the project Northrop Grumman announced Aug. 12.

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Sandra Erwin writes about military space programs, policy, technology and the industry that supports this sector. She has covered the military, the Pentagon, Congress and the defense industry for nearly two decades as editor of NDIA’s National Defense… More by Sandra Erwin