Pentagon mulls placing fleet of military satellites around the Moon
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美国军方在联邦采购网站发布信息征询书，表示有意在月球附近部署由数量未公开的卫星组成的“扩散型地月空间星座”，执行未披露的任务。此前，美国太空军高级项目采购负责人珀迪少将曾表示军方正认真考虑将触角延伸至月球。目前太空军最远的卫星位于地球同步轨道，距赤道约3.6万公里，用于常规监视和导弹预警。珀迪称，去年12月特朗普签署的行政令涉及从近地轨道到地月空间探测和应对
The US military has published a Request for Information on a federal procurement website signaling interest in deploying a "proliferated cislunar constellation" consisting of an unspecified number of satellites performing an undisclosed mission in the vicinity of the Moon.
The announcement follows statements in recent months from the Space Force's acquisitions chief for advanced programs, Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy, that the military was getting serious about extending its reach to the Moon. The Space Force's most distant satellites today are in geostationary orbit, some 22,000 miles (36,000 kilometers) over the equator, collecting routine surveillance and missile warning data.
Most recently, Purdy spoke of a shift in Pentagon leadership's thinking about the Moon following an executive order signed by President Donald Trump last December. The order set out the Trump administration's space policy. One section of the order deals with the US government's ability to detect, characterize, and counter threats to US space interests from low-Earth orbit to cislunar space, the term of art for the region of space around the Moon.
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