December 1, 2024
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U.S. Military and Intelligence Rendezvous and Proximity Operations Fact Sheet
Editors
Victoria Samson
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U.S. Military and Intelligence Rendezvous and Proximity Operations Fact Sheet
Fact Sheet
Editors
Victoria Samson
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Over the last forty years, the United States has developed significant capabilities for conducting robotic rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) to support military and intelligence-related space activities. The United States military and intelligence services have flown multiple satellites to develop, practice, and utilize RPO technologies for close surveillance and inspection of other space objects as well as collecting signals intelligence. Some of these missions have been publicly acknowledged but most remain shrouded in secrecy, with a few completely unacknowledged publicly. None of the programs listed here have strong evidence to link them to co-orbital ASAT testing or deployment.
