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U.S. Space Force Has Chosen Second and Third DARC Sites

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, April 11th, 2024

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U.S. Space Force Has Chosen Second and Third DARC Sites

Gen. Stephen Whiting, head of U.S. Space Command addresses the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs on Apr. 9 (Space Command Photo)

The U.S. Space Force has picked the second and third sites for for the Northrop Grumman [NOC] Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC), as the program proceeds apace, a service official said on Apr. 10. The DARC system of three ground-based sensors is to track objects in geosynchronous orbit to help detect threats to U.S. and allied satellites. "In terms of DARC site one, construction is going very well," Col. Bryon McClain, Space Systems Command’s program executive officer for space…

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