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Air Force Formalizing Long-Term Commercial Integration Cell at JSpOC

Pat Host

Monday, June 13th, 2016

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Air Force Formalizing Long-Term Commercial Integration Cell at JSpOC

2nd Lt. Melissa Huffman, a collections analyst for 614th Air and Space Operations Center, reviews data received on the Delta II site at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. Photo: Air Force.

The Air Force is planning to formalize the creation of an intentional space for commercial satellite operators within the Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC).The pilot program for this presence, known as the Commercial Integration Cell (CIC), started in June 2015 and lasted until February. Originally planned for six months, the Joint Functional Component Command for Space (JFCC Space), which runs JSpOC, extended the prototype CIC by a few months to compensate for delays that stemmed from the original setup and…

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