"The deployment of space weapons will start faster than you think": Air Force Exophisher
Their purpose will be the "orbital persecution" of satellites in low Earth orbit. The devices will not be equipped with warheads or laser blasters, but they will be able to perform so -called rappings (RENDEZVOUS Proximity Operations, RPO). In other words, they will be able to maneuver next to satellites of other countries in order to intercept the transmitted information.
In the course of the first training mission, called Demo-1, Jackal will spy one by one using radars and multi-spectric cameras to approach up to several hundred meters. If everything goes well, Even Rogers CEO will send a whole grouping of satellites who work in favor of the US Armed Forces to space. They will manage the staff of operators, as well as a neural network, "to harass the opponents," - said Rogers.
Jackal will first help to understand what technologies unfold in space "unfriendly" countries like Russia or China. According to Rogers, its grouping will ensure not only tracking, but also protection against hostile technologies, as well as in the future will allow to conduct an active radio electronic struggle. According to public information, True Anomaly does not develop its own offensive weapons.
However, in the summer of 2022, in a series of posts Rogers wrote in Twitter: "Tactical disruption of a hostile spacecraft can be more significant than the loss of the entire aircraft carrier group . . . And there are many ways to destroy the spacecraft. After all, it is only a flying computer. " - quotes his edition. The method of convergence of satellites is not new.
Today, dozens of RPO military operations have been conducted in geostationary and low Earth orbits, as the method has proven itself well since the Cold War. American, Russian or Chinese devices fly as close as possible to each other to "consider" the design or intercept any data. RPO is only applied by the military. For example, the function is very useful for the so -called space tow, which repairs or moves satellites that have come out, collect space debris.
However, True Anomaly is the first RPO startup, clearly focused on the military market, says in the material. This is not surprising because Even Rogers earlier worked for the US space command, which is responsible for planning and deploying defense and offensive military-cosmic systems.
He and the co-founders, Dan Bransky, Tom Nichols and Kyle Zakzhevsky-former Air Force and Space Officers, "knew the problem better than anyone else, faced with technology restrictions every day and disappointed with these restrictions," Rogers said. Instead of waiting for the great contractor of the American MIC, they will deal with this, they decided to solve the problem on their own. The deployment of space weapons, he said, "much closer than most people think.
" The deployment of space weapons, he said, "much closer than most people think. " According to the documents of the US securities exchange commission, True Anomaly has already attracted more than $ 23 million from investors. And recently, the company signed a land lease agreement with an area of 35,000 square meters. feet in Denver suburb, Colorado.
In addition to the production of Jackal satellites, True Anomaly engineers are developing a cloud management system for integration of autonomous agents and people-operators using commercial game engines such as Unity, to create interactive reactive applications and develop satellite management software so that they can fit. .
True Anomaly has already applied for a trademark not only for devices, but also for software, the main functions of which will be to obtain and process orbital space images, to navigate for rapprochement and to ensure the operation of target detection systems.
"True anomaly is distinguished by the company that the company represents its satellite, rather than a system of persecution than a system of visualization or collecting intelligence," says Katelin Johnson, Deputy Director of Aerospace Safety Project at the Center for Strategic Research. "It is concerned about me because it can lead to an unintentional escalation. Especially given the experience of the founder in the Air Force, our opponents could perceive it as a company that works at the MIC.
" According to Johnson, the missions to persecute hostile companions are a rather risky activity, and any collision into orbit can lead to the formation of a huge amount of space debris-pieces of iron can damage other satellites by creating even more garbage. But Rogers says prevention of collision is an opportunity "which we are tracking very carefully and aggressively. We strive to act responsibly and steadily in space.