The Air Force will improve its ability to track space junk later this year when airmen begin using a new suite of equipment to help them watch it all, Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz said last week.
Schwartz said “debris management” — monitoring all the old parts of rockets, satellites and other human-made stuff that’s in orbit along with today’s working space traffic — is a top priority for the Air Force. As he broke it down, the sheer number of objects involved make it clear why.
