From GSSAP to RG-XX, Space Force Bringing “Solution Diversity” to Space Domain Awareness

About this episode

The episode discusses the evolution of space situational awareness and the United States Space Force's approach to enhancing space domain awareness.

To better understand the space operational environment, the United States Space Force has traditionally relied on military-operated constellations like the Space Based Space Surveillance system (SBSS) and the Geosynchrnous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP), both of which provide space situational awareness (SSA) data that simply identifies and tracks man-made objects in orbit. But SSA is vital to a broader Space Force imperative known as space domain awareness (SDA), which goes anot...

Topics covered

• space domain awareness
• space situational awareness
• military operations
• satellite tracking
• space surveillance

Keywords

• Space Force
• space situational awareness
• GSSAP
• SBSS
• space domain awareness

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: United States Space Force, Space Based Space Surveillance system, Geosynchrnous Space Situational Awareness Program

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