Within a week of his inauguration, President Trump issued an executive order to develop “The Iron Dome for America” (rebranded the “Golden Dome” a month later.) The eruption of a revived conflict between Israel and Iran in June has only strengthened the case for an American version of the Iron Dome in the eyes of the administration.

The administration’s hallmark defense project will be comprised of four layers — one space-based and responsible for sensing and tracking missile attacks, and three land-based, equipped with interceptors,

One of the four layers of the Golden Dome missile defense system will be a space-based sensing and targeting layer for missile warning, tracking.