Commercial/Military Reconstitution of Military Satellites During Conflict Eyed by SASC

摘要

The Senate Armed Services Committee's (SASC) version of the fiscal 2022 National DefenseAuthorization Bill suggests that responsive commercial and military satellites could help theU.S. military reconstitute constellations of military satellites when adversaries disrupt theirfunctions during conflicts.The SASC bill asks the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Chief of Space Operations Gen. John "Jay"Raymond to provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees "on the feasibility ofusing the prize authority for launch responsiveness to replace key national security satellitesand reconstitute essential constellations during a conflict," according to a summary of the bill.