U.S. Space Fence, Largest S-band Phased Array Radar to protect satellites from orbiting junk and space weapons, is now connected with Space Force

There has been exponential growth of space objects, including orbital debris that has increased the in-orbit collision risk. NASA estimates there are 21,000 objects orbiting Earth that are larger than 10 cm, 500,000 between 1 and 10 cm, and more than 100 million that are less than 1 cm. Orbital debris of even 1cm size,…