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GAO: U.S. Space Force Faces Hurdles Integrating Unified Data Library into Space Situational Awareness Operations

Frank Wolfe

Monday, April 24th, 2023

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GAO: U.S. Space Force Faces Hurdles Integrating Unified Data Library into Space Situational Awareness Operations

Crews of the National Space Defense Center at Schriever Space Force Base, Colo. provide space situational awareness (U.S. Space Force Photo)

The U.S. Space Force faces challenges in integrating the Unified Data Library (UDL) into space situational awareness (SSA) operations, according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report. "The Secretary of the Air Force should ensure that the Space Force creates a plan for programs to determine how to use the UDL to access and manage all data for Space Force SSA systems," GAO said in the study, Space Situational Awareness: DoD Should Evaluate How It Can Use Commercial Data,…

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