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STRATCOM’s JSpOC Starting ‘Commercial Cell Prototype’ In Coming Months

Pat Host

Monday, April 13th, 2015

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STRATCOM’s JSpOC Starting ‘Commercial Cell Prototype’ In Coming Months

2nd Lt. Melissa Huffman, a collections analyst for 614th Air and Space Operations Center, reviews data received on the Delta II site at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. Photo: Air Force.

U.S. Strategic Command’s (USSTRATCOM) Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) is planning to bring in a body of commercial satellite industry officials in the coming months to tighten relations between government and industry.Lt. Gen. John Raymond, commander of Air Force Space Command’s (AFSPC) 14th Air Force and commander of Joint Functional Component Command for Space (JFCC), said the industry group will commence in early June and begin weighing in more regularly on space decisions made by the Defense Department.“We are going…

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