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US Space Command Seeks Partnership with Private Sector

The private sector can play an important role in assisting in space...

Raytheon, Lockheed Martin Officials Defend Proposed Space Fence Program

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Space Situational Awareness Sharing for the 21st Century

With an ever-increasing number of...

Joint Space Operations Center Initiative Will Aid Private Sector, Military SSA

An important part of the U...

Canadian Military Space Situational Awareness Leader Urges Cooperation

Canada is making a concerted effort to...

Iridium Reports Improved Space Situational Awareness after 2009 Accident

The fourth anniversary of the...

Fiscal Cliff: Defend Proposed Space Fence Program Say Company Officials

Raytheon, Lockheed Martin Officials...

Study Highlights How US Government Should Enhance SSA

The U.S. government’s national policy goals to improve space situational...

Joint Operations Center Should Be Used Wisely to Aid In-orbit Safety

The focus on improving space situational awareness...

In-Orbit Collision Avoidance is High Priority for U.S. Officials

Minimizing or eliminating in-orbit collisions is a high priority...

Policy Changes Needed to Reduce Threat of In-Orbit Collisions

A growing risk of in-orbit collisions “absolutely” necessitates...

Indian Think Tank: Space Conduct Code Seen by Some as Western Ploy

The proposed International Code of Conduct for Outer...

Air Force is Evaluating How Much Data to Share with Private Operators

The U.S. Air Force is in the midst of assessing how...

Shortage of Air Force Sensors Hinders Data Sharing

The U.S. Air Force could aid its space situational awareness (SSA) efforts with...

US State Department Champions Policies to Enhance SSA

The need to improve space situational awareness (SSA) is “great,” said Frank...

New Participants Sought for SSA Data Sharing

The United States Strategic Command, also known as USSTRATCOM, is seeking to add partners to its...

Boeing Completes Update of U.S. Air Force Telescope

Boeing has completed a two-year modernization effort for a U.S. Air Force Research...

Operational Safety Aided by Collecting and Analyzing Space Data

Data fusion among private companies and government...

Enhanced SSA Data Needed to Help Warfighters

Real-time access to the right space situational awareness (SSA) data and the ability for...

SSA Requires Enhanced Ground Systems

The best way to improve space situational awareness (SSA) is not to amass additional data but to provide...

SDA Seeks Data-Sharing Cooperation

The Space Data Association (SDA) users' conference at marked the most recent public initiative aimed at...

Governments that Operate Satellites Face Unlimited Liability Risk

Situations such as the $165 million Russian Phobus-Grunt...

Space Situational Awareness: A Satellite Operator's Perspective

Amid the calls for removal of space debris, satellite...

Guest Blog: Emmet Fletcher - Why the Need for Space Surveillance

Why is there so much interest in the theme of space surveillance...

Exclusive Q&A: Gen. John Campbell, Iridium

Space situational awareness (SSA) has come to describe our knowledge of the objects in space, and...

Debris in Low-Earth Orbit Poses Biggest Threat

An increasing amount of space debris in low- Earth orbit (LEO), roughly less than 1,600...

The Legal and Political Issues of Space Debris Removal

Space debris is a prominent topic in the world of outer space security and...

Space Situational Awareness: A Topic That Deserves Discussion

If there is one overall theme that comes along with Space...

Important Steps for SSA, Still Need the Final Solution

Brian Weeden is Technical Advisor for Secure World Foundation, and has over a...

Big Sky Theory No Longer Valid Defense Against Increasing Debris

A growing amount of space debris has pushed the...

Case Studies

RAF Fylingdales Space Situational Awareness

RAF Fylingdales needed to cost-effectively upgrade its 30-year-old satellite-position system to speed data retrieval, analysis, and dissemination with little transition and training time.

Reducing AFSPC Operator Execution Time with STK Engine

How to create an adaptable daily operations and mission planning tool for AFSPC that can be easily trained on and accessed by sites with differing priorities/databases?

ProLogic Develops Global Awareness Presentation Services for USSTRATCOM

Create visually fused situational awareness services to support NIPRNET, SIPRNET and JWICS network-centric operations for the United States Air Force Electronic Systems Center 653rd ELSW, USSTRATCOM and the 8th Air Force.