Report Urges U.S. To Extend 'Assured Access' to Commercial Satellites

摘要

The U.S. government should permit China to launch U.S.-built commercial satellites and force an overhaul of the U.S. Air Force's relationship with its principal launch-services provider, United Launch Alliance (ULA), as part of a strategy to ensure long-term access to commercial satellite bandwidth, a U.S. think tank has concluded.rnIn a report issued July 26, the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) says the U.S. policy of guaranteeing "assured access to space," which has been interpreted to mean access for government-owned spacecraft, should be extended to commercial satellites.