Nicholas Slayton
Space Force guardians have been expanding their terrestrial and orbital infrastructure for months, and this month they gained a new asset: a prototype that will let them train in the kind of “orbital warfare” the service wants to master.
Launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on Feb. 12 and designated USSF-87, it was originally announced to be carrying two Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) assets — themselves meant to help with space-based surveillance — but there was one more onboard. Combat Forces Command Commander Lt. Gen. Gregory Gagnon told journalists at the Air and Space Forces Association’s Air Warfare Symposium about the third, and gave some initial details on how it will be used by Space Force guardians. Air & Space Forces Magazine first reported on the news.
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