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SDA, AGI Launching Next-Generation Space Traffic Management Service

Pat Host

Tuesday, March 14th, 2017

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SDA, AGI Launching Next-Generation Space Traffic Management Service

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The Space Data Association (SDA) and Analytical Graphics Inc. (AGI) have entered into a multi-year agreement to launch an updated Space Data Center (SDC) space traffic management service, according to an AGI statement.The space traffic management service will be powered by AGI's Commercial Space Operations Center (ComSpOC). SDC 2.0, which will be available to all members of SDA, has a highly accurate, independently generated catalog of space objects which will grow to include objects larger than 20 centimeters in and…

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