The Joint Task Force-Space Defense Commercial Operations has adopted a new name to reflect its collaborative mission to use commercial space domain awareness capabilities.
Now known as the Joint Commercial Operations, or JCO, the U.S. Space Command-led initiative will continue strengthening its global network of partners that purchase and use commercial data and analytics to boost space operations worldwide, JCO said Friday.
Maj. Gen. Richard Zellmann, deputy combined joint force space component commander at U.S. Space Command, said the name change aligns the component within the command’s new operational command structure without disrupting its current mission.
“The abbreviated name captures the joint, operational nature of the organization as well as the JCO’s continued collaboration with our global Allies and partners, who are crucial to supporting the protect and defend mission,” Zellmann said.
JCO partners with allies, industry and academia to strengthen the National Space Defense Center’s space tracking capabilities to provide timely space domain awareness data.
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