House and Senate Hearings on Space Situational Awareness, February 2020

House and Senate Hearings on Space Situational Awareness, February 2020

The House Science, Space, and Technology’s Space Subcommittee held a hearing on space situational awareness (SSA) on February 11, 2020.  The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation committee held a hearing the next day, February 12, on three topics, one of which was SSA (the others were space weather and planetary defense).

SpacePolicyOnline.com published a summary of the House hearing and the SSA-related portions of the Senate hearing on February 12:  Office of Space Commerce Seeks Budget Boost to Accelerate SSA Work.