Tales of the United States Space Force by C. Stuart Hardwick

Author:C. Stuart Hardwick [Hardwick, C. Stuart]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781982193454
Amazon: 198219345X
Publisher: Baen
Published: 2024-06-04T04:00:00+00:00

Over the South Atlantic

1210Z

Six hundred and forty kilometers above the planet, the CORVUS 1 inspection craft cruised in a low-inclination orbit, complementing the polar-orbiting CORVUS 2. On Earth, the JSOC validated the appropriate order and channeled it to the 4th Space Control Squadron. Major Wallace reported the commands had been relayed from an Earth station through the Transport Layer of smallsats—unofficially, the Woodstock layer, thanks to all the chattering it carried—to CORVUS 1.

The eighteen-meter delta-winged CORVUS 1 activated its propulsion systems and began to shift its orbit. The Priority 1 USSPACECOM had assigned to the mission authorized burning the main engine as well as the ion thrusters.

“We were lucky CORVUS was on an inclination only two degrees off,” Wallace said. “SpaceBrain says contact in forty-two minutes, unless the target tries to avoid us.”

McGill smiled at the report. “Well, if it does, that’ll tell us something right there.”

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