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Commercial/Military Reconstitution of Military Satellites During Conflict Eyed by SASC

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Commercial/Military Reconstitution of Military Satellites During Conflict Eyed by SASC
The U. S. Space Force successfully launched the Tactically Responsive Launch-2 (TacRL-2) mission on a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on June 13 at 4:11 a.m. EDT, delivering a technology demonstration satellite to Low Earth Orbit (U.S. Space Force Photo)

The Senate Armed Services Committee's (SASC) version of the fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Bill suggests that responsive commercial and military satellites could help the U.S. military reconstitute constellations of military satellites when adversaries disrupt their functions during conflicts. The SASC bill asks the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Chief of Space Operations Gen. John "Jay" Raymond to provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees "on the feasibility of using the prize authority for launch responsiveness to replace key national…

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