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SSC And SpaceWERX Seek Commercial Solutions For Satellite Sustainment
The Space Systems Command (SSC) and SpaceWERX, the innovation arm of the Space Force, are launching an In-Domain Orbital Logistics Challenge to find and advance commercial technologies for sustaining satellites. The challenge has $20 million dedicated to exploring logistics architectures that can extend the joint logistics enterprise to space. According to Col. Scott Carstetter, SSC’s director of servicing, mobility, and logistics, the goal is to identify the technologies needed to support satellite sustainment. This initiative was reported by Defense Daily.