Articles tagged: The Joint Space Operations Center

• July 2014 Beware the situation: how JSpOC tracks space debris

  ... for decades, and in geosynchronous orbits (GEOs) objects could remain in space for hundreds of years or more. The Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC), located at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, actively tracks all objects of ‘softball size...

  • Colonel John W Wagner
  • space debris
  • Space Surveillance Network
  • The Joint Space Operations Center
  • Vandenberg Air Force Base
  Authors: Col. John W. Wagner    
• March 2015 Congested, contested, and invested: of space debris, risky launches and private initiative

  ... situational awareness (SSA), is invaluable. The US military has the most comprehensive SSA capability in the world. Relying on this capability, the Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) uses the known locations of satellites, estimated trajectories...

  • Antares rocket
  • Laura Lopez
  • Michael Simpson
  • Secure World Foundation
  • United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS)
  Authors: Laura López     Michael Simpson    
• September 2016 Transforming US space policy

  ... (SSA) and reports conjunction analyses to the various operators through the Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) as a by-product of its mission to protect national security assets in space. Commercial burden The JSpOC is also providing this service...

  • Article
  • elections
  • Jim Bridenstine
  • spacepolicy
  • United States
  Authors: Jim Bridenstine