LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 28: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base on January 28, 2024 in Lompoc, California. (Photo by Kirby Lee/Getty Images)
OSC’s Taylor Jordan told House lawmakers “the question is not should we provide [space situational awareness] data, it's how do we do that as a federal government.”
Letters to House and Senate appropriators follow the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to the office and elimination of its Traffic Coordination System for Space.
A time exposure shows the arc of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as it streaks toward space after lifting off from the Kennedy Space Center on April 27, 2022. (Photo by Gregg Newton/AFP via Getty Images)