U.S. Space Force Eyes On-Orbit Weather Monitoring Systems

Defense Meteorological Satellite Program satellites, like the one shown in this artist's rendition, provide critical strategic and tactical meteorological and environmental data to military and civilian users around the world.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Space Force is mulling the potential role of commercial, off-the-shelf technology in a future space-based environmental monitoring architecture, the leader of the service’s space sensing directorate said July 25. While the service is launching a handful of new weather data collection...
Vivienne Machi

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

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