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U.S. Space Force Analyzing Advantages/Trade-Offs of In-Space Refueling

U.S. Space Force Analyzing Advantages/Trade-Offs of In-Space Refueling
Pictured are Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman (right) and Chief Master Sgt. of the Space Force John Bentivegna (left) during a panel discussion on The U.S. Space Force – America’s Invisible Front Line documentary in Washington D.C. on April 30 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

While the U.S. Space Force's first Space Warfighting Framework, released last month, highlights the importance of satellite maneuver to complicate adversary surveillance and targeting, in-space refueling to ease such maneuver is not a done deal for the service. U.S. Space Command "usually talks about dynamic space operations [DSO], which is much bigger than just refueling," Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton, the Space Force's deputy chief of space operations for strategy, plans, programs, and requirements, told a Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies'…

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