The United States Will Use Satellites to Detect and Destroy Hypersonic Weapons

The armies of many world powers have taken advantage of the rise of technology to make all their weapons and their vehicles, whether they be land or air, have cutting-edge and next- generation technology.

Some of the implementations that have been made within this area are autonomous drones , undetectable vehicles for radars or weapons that could destroy entire civilizations.

The last thing the American army has resorted to has been the use of two satellites to create a system that is capable of detecting possible hypersonic weapons from the time they take off until they can impact. All these procedures are being carried out by the United States Department of Defense.

The United States Will Use Satellites to Detect and Destroy Hypersonic Weapons

A difficult weapon to hunt

One of the problems with such fast and destructive missiles is that they are very difficult to stop and block due to the high speed at which they go. To try to stop this, a group of companies have collaborated together to develop a sensor that allows monitoring

This system that the satellites will use will search for these missiles from the moment they carry out the take-off task and during the entire flight process in which it is in the moving air. Once this search is successful, the satellite will send all the necessary data to the agencies in charge of trying to recognize these missiles and later eliminate them.

This can only be achieved by having the satellites communicate both with them and with the missiles to be intercepted.

These satellites are launched from Earth thanks to a propellant that is anchored to a ship. Measuring approximately 50 centimeters , these two satellites will show that communication between satellites will be a new system that will allow possible enemy threats to be intercepted.

Economical and lightweight

The cost of each of these satellites is more than one million euros. They are not that expensive compared to others made by other space companies because they are made with inexpensive parts. The American army will test these satellites in space in several missions to verify that everything works correctly.

With a technology based on a low volume structure, and not as heavy and powerful as in other types of space vehicles, these satellites will serve as a new anti-missile system to defend the North American nation.

The main technological innovations that satellites will use to be effective will be the use of hypersonic sensors that can make a live monitoring of these dangerous weapons.