Space Control
Future Outlook
The Firepond telescope on Millstone Hill was recommissioned
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New sensor systems are bringing expanded capabilities to the Space Control mission area. These systems include the Space-Based Space Surveillance–Block 10, the Space Surveillance Telescope, HUSIR, and the Space Fence. Considerable effort will be required to fully assess the information available from the new sensors and make it most useful to operators.
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Major activities will move toward information extraction, integration, and decision support. The challenge will be to incorporate the widest possible set of data and automate the process of generating customized, actionable products for a wide range of users. In particular, developing and demonstrating a net-centric architecture for information integration and command and control will be critical for evolving to a machine-to-machine–driven space situational awareness capability that can respond on timelines required to support survivability efforts.
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Emerging technical areas include advanced radar development, radar surveillance, space-object identification, electro-optical deep-space surveillance, collaborative sensing and identification, fusion, and processing.
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