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Tuesday, August 18, 2015
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Tuesday, August 18, 2015
US, Israel team up to prevent space collisions
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe space administration in the Defense Ministry signs an agreement with the US Strategic Command to share information on launches and space assets to prevent collisions.
US agencies will give 96 hours’ warning of detected potential collisions, the Globes business journal reports.
The US has such agreements, known as Space Situational Awareness (SSA) data-sharing agreements, with many countries and space agencies, including the UK, Germany, Canada, France, Japan, Australia, the European Space Agency and others, including 49 corporations linked to space-based assets in 18 countries.
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