A cosmic radar will be launched for tracking space debris in Japan by 2023

As the publication of Sankei Shimbun writes, the radar will be used to correct the orbit of flight of debris so that they do not collide with Japanese satellites

The Ministry of Defense of Japan plans to install the first radar in the country by 2023, specially designed to monitor space debris in the Earth's orbit. This was reported on Saturday by the newspaper Sankei Shimbun.

According to her information, the radar will be located on the territory of one of the objects of the Japanese self-defense forces in the western Yamaguchi Prefecture. Its main task will be to obtain operational information on the movement of debris alongside Japanese satellites in order to correct their orbit in the event of an immediate collision threat. The radar is also intended to be used to monitor the possible use of weapons to destroy spacecraft.

The Japanese Defense Ministry plans to spend about 4.4 billion yen ($ 38 million) for these purposes. As expected, the required amount of funds will be included in the state budget for the fiscal year 2018 (beginning April 1, 2018).

According to UN experts, about 300,000 different unused artificial objects with a total mass of up to 5,000 tons revolve around our planet. The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) estimated that there are about 18,000 objects with a diameter of up to 10 cm among them.

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