Japan plans to launch space debris monitoring force by 2019

August 12, 2014

TOKYO: Japan is planning to develop a military space division by 2019 to prevent satellites from colliding with dangerous debris orbiting the earth, notes airforce-technology.com.

An unnamed source told Kyodo News that the Japanese defence ministry would launch the new division with assigned units from the country’s Air Self-Defence Force (ASDF). The unit’s observatory operations are expected to be run using radar and telescope facilities located in Okayama Prefecture in the Chugoku region. The US and Japanese Governments agreed in May to work together on using satellites for debris monitoring and marine surveillance missions.

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