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Space Force Tested Geo-Location of Jamming Signals for WGS Satellites

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, February 18th, 2021

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Space Force Tested Geo-Location of Jamming Signals for WGS Satellites

On March 15, 2019 at Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral, a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV lifted off, carrying the WGS-10 satellite. (ULA Photo)

The U.S. Space Force said on Feb. 17 that its Space and Missile Systems Center's (SMC) Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) Mitigation and Anti-Jam Enhancement (MAJE) program demonstrated the geo-location of jamming signals in the fourth quarter of 2020. SMC said that it conducted three system tests--virtually, due to COVID-19 restrictions--in the final quarter of last year. The tests verified MAJE system design and the system's ability "to provide telemetry and successfully locate signals interfering with WGS satellites" for the 10…

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