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Space Force-backed mission does its best impression of Top Gun in orbit
Published 30 July 2026 Ā· science
An ongoing military exercise happening hundreds of miles above Earth hasāfor the first time in an unclassified settingādemonstrated how future satellites might evade and pursue
An ongoing military exercise happening hundreds of miles above Earth hasāfor the first time in an unclassified settingādemonstrated how future satellites might evade and pursue one another in a future conflict.
That was the announcement Wednesday from True Anomaly, one of the companies involved in the exercise. True Anomaly's Jackal satellite, also known as Panther, played the cat-and-mouse game with another spacecraft named Puma, based on Rocket Lab's Pioneer satellite platform.
"This is what we've really been building towards for the past four years," said Even Rogers, True Anomaly's co-founder and CEO. Read full article Comments
Published: July 30, 2026 ā¢ 11:05 PM IST Ā· Updated: July 31, 2026 ā¢ 8:36 PM ISTBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
Key points
An ongoing military exercise happening hundreds of miles above Earth hasāfor the first time in an unclassified settingādemonstrated how future satellites might evade and pursue one another in a future conflict.
That was the announcement Wednesday from True Anomaly, one of the companies involved in the exercise.
True Anomaly's Jackal satellite, also known as Panther, played the cat-and-mouse game with another spacecraft named Puma, based on Rocket Lab's Pioneer satellite platform.
"This is what we've really been building towards for the past four years," said Even Rogers, True Anomaly's co-founder and CEO.
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