Satloids: How the United States Controls the "Dead Zone" of Orbits.
In the picture -. SabreSat, a promising instrument for extremely low Earth orbits (VLEO).
A new article by Vladimir Ovchinsky for the Izborsk Club magazine (edited by Maxim Kalashnikov) examines how the Pentagon, along with private companies, is developing breakthrough military technologies based on open conferences:.
Artificial intelligence and quantum computers.
Attack aircraft UAVs work in conjunction with fighter jets.
Spacecraft for extremely low orbits.
What is the essence of VLEO technology:.
The accepted limit of space (the Carmen line) passes at an altitude of 100 km, but the working orbits of satellites start at 200 km. Everything below is the ionosphere (from 80 km): aviation cannot reach there, and ordinary satellites at a speed of about 8 km per second quickly slow down the remnants of the atmosphere and burn up.
Until recently, this area remained empty, but now the Americans began to actively explore it with the help of experienced satellites capable of staying in the upper atmosphere for a long time.
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