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Operational Trial Starts for CODA Space Domain Awareness System

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, July 16th, 2024

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Operational Trial Starts for CODA Space Domain Awareness System

U.S. Space Force Col. Raj Agrawal, Space Delta 2 commander, gives remarks at Schriever Space Force Base, Colo., on June 18 (U.S. Space Force Photo)

On July 8, the U.S. Space Force began an operational trial of L3Harris Technologies' [LHX] Consolidated Operational Data Archive (CODA) system, the service's Space Systems Command (SSC) in El Segundo, Calif. said. The trial will evaluate CODA's integration of data from ExoAnalytics and the Air Force Research Laboratory's Wide Area Search telescope system. The automated CODA system "addresses two major challenges often associated with utilizing commercial or non-traditional data sources," according to Peterson Space Force Base's Space Operations Command’s Space…

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