Pentagon eyes crash analysis on 1,300 satellites

 03.11.2009 14:00   reuters.com

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military on Tuesday said it met its goal of conducting collision analysis on 800 maneuverable satellites in September, and expects to be able to track 500 more non-maneuvering satellites by year's end.

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