18 SDS hosts Operator Exchange with French, German space operators
Operators from the Operational Center for Military Surveillance of Space Objects explore the Astrodynamics Support Workstation during an ‘Operator Exchange’ event at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., July 12, 2023. The ASW was first adopted as an operational system in 1998 and currently maintains the Special Perturbations Catalog used for launch detection and tracking, conjunction assessment and collision avoidance, human spaceflight support, maneuver detection, breakup identification, and reentry assessment. (U.S. Space Force photo by Julian Labit)