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Air Force Declassifies Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness System

Pat Host

Friday, February 21st, 2014

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Air Force Declassifies Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness System

The Air Force on Friday declassified a space situational awareness (SSA) system known as the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness (GEO SSA) system. Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) chief Gen. William Shelton disclosed the system at the Air Force Association’s (AFA) air warfare symposium in Orlando, Fla. The GEO SSA system will be a space-based capability operating in the near-geosynchronous orbit regime supporting U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) space surveillance operations as a dedicated Space Surveillance Network (SSN) sensor, according to an…

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