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Space

Saltzman: Proliferated LEO Shows Mettle in Ukraine

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, October 18th, 2023

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Saltzman: Proliferated LEO Shows Mettle in Ukraine

Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman delivers a keynote address at the Air and Space Forces Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Md., on Sept. 12 (U.S Air Force Photo)

Proliferated low Earth orbit (LEO) constellations for communications and other uses are demonstrating that they can endure and adapt to adversary assaults, such as jamming, the head of U.S. Space Force suggested on Oct. 18. "We are seeing evidence that proliferated low Earth orbit constellations are resilient against attack," Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman said during a Center for A New American Security forum. "We are seeing it in Ukraine. There's just evidence of it. We knew…

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