Inviting foreign participation in U.S. satellites may help to make malign militaries less keen to shoot them down with anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons, an official said. Enemies may wish to attack solely U.S. satellites, but may hesitate to hit a coalition spacecraft, according to Peter Wegner, director of the Air Force office of Operationally Responsive Space. He spoke before the Washington Space Business Roundtable at the University Club in Washington, D.C. His comments came after China in 2007 used a ground-based…
American Satellites Targets For Anti-Americans With ASAT, But Satellites With Foreign Participation May Not Be Hit
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