Beijing Space Test Scattered Debris ; Increases Threat to U.S. Satellites

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China's test of an anti-satellite weapon increased the number of space-debris pieces threatening U.S. and other nations' satellites by more than 9 percent, a senior Air Force Space Command official said.

Brig. Gen. C. Donald Alston, the command's director of space operations, told The Washington Times that the Jan. 11 test also triggered a comprehensive review of space-monitoring efforts within the military's primary space defense command.

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Beijing Space Test Scattered Debris ; Increases Threat to U.S. Satellites

"We're tracking, actively, 15,000 objects [in space]. It was 14,000 or so prior to Jan. 11, so there's an additional 1,000 as a consequence of the Chinese test," he said, noting that th...

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