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Industry Raises Questions on U.S. Space Force CASR

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, February 14th, 2024

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Industry Raises Questions on U.S. Space Force CASR

Pictured is the Ovzon 3 mobile communications satellite in the Maxar Space Systems facility in Palo Alto, Calif. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the satellite on Jan. 3 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. (Maxar Space Systems Photo)

Companies are raising questions with the U.S. Space Force about a future Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve (CASR). "At the Schriever [Space Force Base, Colo.] wargames, as we were playing through the different scenarios, the operators very clearly wanted to use commercial assets, and many of the commercial people there in the cell said, 'Wait a minute. You don't have a contract. You don't have anything in place to use my asset, and what about indemnity? What happens if I get…

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