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Space

Interference with Space Maneuver and Communications of Concern, Space Force Official Says

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, April 8th, 2021

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Interference with Space Maneuver and Communications of Concern, Space Force Official Says

Lt. Gen. Chance Saltzman was the first U.S. Air Force general officer transferred and promoted to lieutenant general in the U.S. Space Force during a ceremony at the Pentagon Aug. 14 last year (U.S. Space Force Photo)

As the United States and its allies try to build support for norms of behavior in space, the U.S. Space Force (USSF) wants such standards to address any conduct that would interfere with the maneuver and communications of space systems, a USSF official said on Apr. 8. "If you're operating too closely in an aircraft to another aircraft, or from one ship to another, that's a concern in the air and on the sea, so it would stand to reason…

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