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DIU and Space Force partner on commercial satellites for GEO monitoring
Original: DIU, Space Force team up to kick-start buys of commercial sats for monitoring GEO
The Defense Innovation Unit and the US Space Force are teaming up to launch new purchases of commercial satellites designed to monitor activity in geostationary orbit. The initiative aims to speed up military adoption of commercial space capabilities for tracking objects and behavior in the crowded GEO belt, where key communications and missile-warning satellites operate.
Why now: Growing US military interest in commercial space services for space domain awareness in geostationary orbit.
Defense Innovation UnitUS Space Force
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- DIU, Space Force team up to kick-start buys of commercial sats for monitoring GEO · Breaking Defense
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