Space Force Leans On Commercial To Monitor Satellite Breakup

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Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess, commander of U.S. Space Forces – Space, speaks during a panel discussion at the Space Force Association’s 2024 Spacepower Conference in Orlando, Florida, on Dec. 11, 2024.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
AURORA, Colorado–When Intelsat33e experienced an anomaly and broke up in geostationary orbit last October, the U.S. Space Force did not solely rely on its own government spacecraft to monitor the fallout. The service could readily exchange data with the members of its Commercial Integration Cell...
Vivienne Machi

Vivienne Machi is the military space editor for Aviation Week based in Los Angeles.

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