A proposed new military space traffic-management and operations center that the U.S. Defense Department originally touted as a backup to its existing facility could eventually take over the primary role, senior military officials said here. As envisioned, the Joint Interagency Coalition Space Operations Center would be more capable than the Pentagon's existing Joint Space Operations Center, orJSpOC, in parf because it will draw more heavily on intelligence community and allied surveillance assets, these officials said. Defense Department officials now hope to have the new center established by Oct. 1, about three months earlier than originally envisioned, sources said.
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