Officials from Space Systems Command participated in U.S. Southern Command exercise in Lima, Peru, where operators used satellite imagery to track illegal fishing boats. Credit: SSgt. Matthew Matlock WASHINGTON — U.S. Space Force imagery specialists during a recent military exercise in South America helped locate illegal fishing boats and track other activities using commercial sensor satellites.
The exercise showed how unclassified data from commercial satellites can be leveraged for maritime security and other military applications, 1st Lt. McKenna Medina, head of the Space Systems Command’s surveillance, reconnaissance and tracking team, said in a news release Aug. 10 .
A team from […]
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