Northrop Grumman and IHI partner to develop patrol satellites
Space may be the final frontier, but it still needs someone to keep the peace. To help achieve this, Northrop Grumman and Tokyo-based IHI Corporation are teaming up to develop small, highly maneuverable Space Domain Awareness (SDA) satellites for Japan to protect commercial satellites from potentially hostile spacecraft.According to the United Nations, there are over 8,000 satellites orbiting the Earth and there may be as many as 100,000 in 10 years. In 60 years, this constellation has gone from an engineering curiosity…