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People think SSA will be the be-all, end-all of for verification of any space security treaty, says Almudena Azcarate Ortega of UNIDIR on an #AMOSCon panel. But, not everything can be monitored at all times by all states. SSA a useful tool, but not the only one.
Doug Hendrix of ExoAnalytic, a company that monitors satellites in the GEO belt: most of a satellite’s life is boring, but monitoring continuously we find interesting things like breakups. #AMOSCon
Mick Gleason, Aerospace Corp.: not enough for countries to comply with norms of behavior in space; must also be confident to call out bad behavior. Only 12 countries condemned Russian ASAT last year. #AMOSCon
Good morning from the Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies (AMOS) Conference for three days of talks on space situational awareness topics. First up: Lt. Gen. Michael A. Guetlein of Space Systems Command. #AMOSCon
Lt. Gen. Guetlein: the threat is only getting worse in space, citing activities by China and Russia; also “closely monitoring” efforts by Iran and North Korea. #AMOSCon
Guetlein: unprecedented unity of effort on national security space, within the DOD/IC, with industry and with international partners.
