{"id":159884,"date":"2025-11-29T16:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T16:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/159884\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T16:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T16:15:09","slug":"can-s-400-detect-and-intercept-satellites-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/159884\/","title":{"rendered":"Can S-400 detect and intercept satellites in space?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The S-400 Triumf is often described as a long-reach, multi-role air-defence system. That reputation prompts a natural question: can the same sensors that spot aircraft and cruise missiles also detect and track objects in space, satellites, debris or re-entry vehicles beyond 30 km altitude? The short answer is: the S-400 has meaningful high-altitude detection and ballistic-tracking capability, but it is not a dedicated space-surveillance system. Knowing where its strengths and limits lie matters for planners who must integrate air, missile and space domains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The S-400 Triumf is often described as a long-reach, multi-role air-defence system. That reputation prompts a natural question:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[105296,105292,105285,105266,105297,105274,105277,105264,105290,105289,105283,105273,105271,105263,105294,105268,105288,105295,105265,105293,105272,105286,105278,105298,111,139,69,105279,105276,105287,105270,105291,105280,105267,105260,105261,147,105275,392,79215,7438,105269,105262,105284,105282,105281],"class_list":["post-159884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-advanced-radars","tag-aerial-threats","tag-aerospace-defence","tag-air-defence-system","tag-air-missile-defence","tag-air-space-integration","tag-atmospheric-re-entry-tracking","tag-ballistic-missile-defence","tag-ballistic-trajectory-tracking","tag-command-and-control","tag-defence-technology","tag-early-warning","tag-exo-atmospheric-tracking","tag-high-altitude-detection","tag-high-speed-targets","tag-india-s-400","tag-integrated-air-defence","tag-long-range-detection","tag-long-range-radar","tag-missile-defence-network","tag-missile-interception","tag-missile-shield","tag-missile-threats","tag-multi-layered-defence","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-orbital-objects","tag-over-the-horizon-detection","tag-radar-capabilities","tag-radar-coverage","tag-radar-performance","tag-radar-signature","tag-russia-s-400","tag-s-400","tag-s-400-radar","tag-science","tag-sensor-fusion","tag-space","tag-space-domain-awareness","tag-space-situational-awareness","tag-space-surveillance","tag-space-tracking","tag-strategic-deterrence","tag-surveillance-radar","tag-target-tracking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}