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Lt. Gen. Daniel Karbler, commanding general, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, speaks during Space Industry Days in Los Angeles, California, Oct. 18.

Oct. 20, 2022

Army space leader says space begins, ends on the ground

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — With straight talk, the Army’s senior air defender emphasized the importance of the space domain and challenged industry to meet the demands of Army space readiness and modernization.

Orbital Defense Initiation Course graduating class on September 16, 2022.

Oct. 11, 2022

Space Force embeds Cyber Squadrons into delta missions

Schriever Space Force Base, Colo. — The Orbital Defense Initiation, or ODIN, is Space Delta 9’s initial training course where new members gain common knowledge on orbital mechanics, warfare principles, current threats to space assets and more.However, their most recent graduation included Guardians wearing patches other than DEL 9’s.The three ODIN graduates from Space Delta 6’s 69th

Members of the Space Tacticians course stand together for a group photo in front of the Combined Force Space Component Command at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Sept. 29, 2022. The course, which aimed at enhancing global space operations by training in effective tactical planning, consisted of Airmen, Guardians, Coalition partners and for the first time, eight French Space operators from the French Space Command. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Luke Kitterman)

Oct. 6, 2022

Space Tacticians Course broadens participants, welcomes French Space Operators

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. – Space Operators from the French Space Command, locally known as Commandment de l’space (CDE) in Paris, underwent the Space Tacticians Course here, Sept. 26 – 30, 2022, to enhance space mission planning with the U.S. at the tactical level.

Man in United Kingdom military uniform wearing glasses, types on a laptop

Oct. 5, 2022

U.K. makes history, leads SACT Meridian cell for the first time

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Following two weeks of training with the Joint Task Force-Space Defense Commercial Operations Cell (JCO), the United Kingdom successfully led its first Sprint Advanced Concept Training (SACT) Meridian cell shift out of High Wycombe, England, Aug. 1-5, 2022.

SST is a military telescope that provides ground-based, broad-area search, detection and tracking of faint objects in deep space to help predict and avoid potential collisions, as well as detect asteroids and comets. It is capable of imaging objects in geosynchronous orbit, approximately 22,000 miles above Earth

Sept. 30, 2022

Space Surveillance Telescope Reaches Operational Acceptance, Set to Provide Space Domain Awareness for U.S., Australia, and Key Allies

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — In partnership with the Australian Department of Defence, the U.S. Space Force (USSF)’s Space Surveillance Telescope (SST) achieved Initial Operational Capability on Sept. 30.