NOAA Seeks Commercial Data To Fill Pentagon Space Debris Tracking Gaps

concept image of NOAA geostationary satellite floating in space

NOAA seeks commercial space traffic management software to better protect its GEO-based satellite fleet, like the GOES system depicted.

Credit: Lockheed Martin Concept
The Pentagon’s space monitoring capabilities do not have the bandwidth to keep the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s satellites out of harm’s way on their own, so the agency has turned to commercial providers to pick up the slack. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s...
Vivienne Machi

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

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