18 SDS, France’s COSMOS integrate SSA knowledge during ‘Operator Exchange’
Diana McKissock, Space Situational Awareness Partnership and Coalition Engagement (SPACE) office lead and member of the 18th Space Defense Squadron (18 SDS), left, instructs French space operators from the Operational Center for Military Surveillance of Space Objects (COSMOS) during an Operator Exchange at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Oct. 5, 2022. The 18 SDS executes U.S. Space Command’s Space Domain Awareness (SDA) mission, including command and control of the U.S. Space Surveillance Network, and is also responsible for the SSA Sharing program, which provides data of resident space objects to commercial, international and academic partners. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Luke Kitterman)