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Vivienne Machi
April 08, 2026
ATLAS serves as a primary tool for Mission Delta 2’s 18th Space Defense Squadron operators for space catalog administration and maintenance, observation association, maneuver and de-orbit detection and characterization, sensor planning, tasking, and calibration. Credit: John Ayre/U.S. Space Force
When NASA’s Artemis II mission lifted off on April 1 on its way to the far side of the Moon, the U.S. Space Force helped to make sure the trajectory was clear using one of its newest space domain awareness systems—the Advanced Tracking and Launch Analysis System, or ATLAS. That system has been on…
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