COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, June 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Catalyst Accelerator, powered by both the Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, and SpaceWERX, is currently seeking applicants for its 3-month Fall Accelerator focused on International Space Domain Awareness. This is the program’s first internationally focused Accelerator. Applications are currently being accepted for both US and international small businesses and startups with dual-use technology that can provide commercial capabilities to support International Space Domain Awareness and Spaceflight Safety. The problem statement this accelerator hopes to solve is:
How might the United States Space Force, its friends, and allies introduce commercial capabilities to its mission environment for International Space Domain Awareness and Spaceflight Safety?
Space Domain Awareness (SDA) includes the ability to understand, monitor, and study satellites within space. This is done through detection, tracking, identification, and characterization to support activities and the resilience of space systems in support of the international SDA missions.
With private sectors around the world accelerating new capabilities for Space Domain Awareness, the US and its partners are interested in increasing the ability to support and enhance the awareness of the space environment with commercial data and tools for shared security and prosperity. Submitted solutions may augment, supplement, backup,…
