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U.S. Space Command to Expand Commercial Integration Cell

U.S. Space Command to Expand Commercial Integration Cell
U.S. Space Force Col. Phillip Verroco, deputy director of the Combined Space Operations Center (CSpOC), explains the layout of the CSpOC operations floor to members of a delegation of French military officers on Apr. 15th last year, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Space Force Photo)

The U.S. Space Command plans to expand its Commercial Integration Cell (CIC) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., beyond the 10 companies in the CIC--an expansion that may aid DoD in the protection of commercial satellites. The 10 CIC member companies are SpaceX, Maxar Technologies, Eutelsat Communications S.A.'s Eutelsat America Corp., EchoStar Corp.'s [SATS] Hughes Network Systems, Viasat Inc. [VSAT] and Viasat-owned Inmarsat, Intelsat Ltd.'s Intelsat General Communications, Iridium Communications Inc. [IRDM], SES Space & Defense, and XTAR LLC. "We're…

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