Wednesday, August 14, 2013

U.S. Air Force to shut down 'Space Fence' surveillance system - Yahoo! News

U.S. Air Force to shut down 'Space Fence' surveillance system - Yahoo! News: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force will shut down its space surveillance system that tracks satellites and other orbiting objects by October 1 due to budget constraints caused by automatic federal budget cuts known as the sequestration, it announced Monday.

Deactivating the system by October 1 would save the Air Force Space Command $14 million annually starting in fiscal year 2014.

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