Space Force effort to replace aging space tracking software lagging: DOT&E

Space Force effort to replace aging space tracking software lagging: DOT&E
Space Force effort to replace aging space tracking software lagging: DOT&E

“[P]roduct development has been slower than anticipated, and the projected date to decommission SPADOC continues to extend further to late FY24, a delay of more than two years from the original timeline,” according to the 2023 Annual Report of the Pentagon’s Director of Operational Test & Evaluation.

Everything, everywhere, all at once: 5 space stories from 2023

Everything, everywhere, all at once: 5 space stories from 2023
Everything, everywhere, all at once: 5 space stories from 2023

There’s a whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on in space, from Geneva to Washington to Colorado Springs to Los Angeles.

Next-gen GPS ground system expected to come online this summer: Calvelli

Next-gen GPS ground system expected to come online this summer: Calvelli
Next-gen GPS ground system expected to come online this summer: Calvelli

“Big software developments fail,” said Air Force space acquisition czar Frank Calvelli. “You have to go to smaller systems.”

Space Force looking to fill tech ‘gaps,’ and ‘evolve’ space domain awareness: Saltzman

Space Force looking to fill tech ‘gaps,’ and ‘evolve’ space domain awareness: Saltzman
Space Force looking to fill tech ‘gaps,’ and ‘evolve’ space domain awareness: Saltzman

The space operations chief wants systems that can gather “exquisite, high fidelity information about what’s going on” in geosynchronous Earth orbit “and beyond,” more sensors in the Southern Hemisphere to keep an eye on low Earth orbit and — critically — a better way to fuse data.

Key space monitoring sensors still rely on outdated CAVENet computer system

Key space monitoring sensors still rely on outdated CAVENet computer system
Key space monitoring sensors still rely on outdated CAVENet computer system

At the moment it is unclear when Space Force and Space Command actually will decommission CAVEnet, 2000s-era tech that analysts use for highly accurate and classified tracking of space objects.