The Northrop Grumman-built Defense Support Program (DSP) satellites have been the spaceborne segment of NORAD's Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment system since 1970. Using infrared detectors that sense the heat from missile plumes against the earth background, these orbiting sentries detect, characterize and report ballistic missile launches; they also see nuclear detonations.
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Operating in low-earth orbit, STSS satellites will use onboard infrared sensors to detect, track and discriminate ballistic missiles throughout their trajectories.
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With its global reach, Space Radar (SR) will offer unprecedented intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities for warfighters and the intelligence community.
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Space-Based Surveillance Northrop Grumman Space Technology keeps America alert with systems that give the nation’s monitoring capabilities a global reach. Space Technology makes significant contributions to intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions for the military and other government agencies, developing technologies and systems that stand watch over an uncertain world. We are now developing space-based systems that will work in concert with other assets to improve the performance of the nation’s missile defense system