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14th AF commander: Space surveillance improving
March 31st, 2009 | National Space Symposium | Posted by Michael Hoffman
Lt. Gen. Larry James, 14th Air Force commander, sat down with Show Scout to discuss the progress of space surveillance and manning needs in Air Force Space Command.
Q: How can the Air Force improve its space surveillance?
A: The Air Force is going to improve their capability. That has been in the plans for awhile for space events. We have some experimentation going on in terms of bringing non space surveillance sensors into the network. Now the questions is: How do we take that data and convert it?
Q: How can the Air Force get there?
A: It’s just executing what we have on the books. We have Space Fence on the books so we have to move forward with that. We also have to make sure we move forward with [Space Based Space Surveillance] and we have the launch this summer. We have to move forward with that.
Q: How much is SBSS going to help?
A: That will help a lot because we will not be limited by geography or weather which is limiting now with the ground sensors. We will then be allowed to look at the geosynchronous belt all the time.
Tags: 14th Air Force, Lt. Gen. Larry James, space surveillance