New U.S. Space Force Data Translation System Comes Online

View of data points surrounding Earth from space

The Space Force’s new data translation system will be able to track, identify and categorize data from space-based sensors in a manner of minutes.

Credit: Astriagraph
As the number of objects in space continues to balloon, so does the U.S. military’s need to track each new on-orbit satellite or piece of debris. But the task of maintaining custody over space-based assets has long been cumbersome and slow, especially when the data is retrieved in a variety of...
Vivienne Machi

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

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