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U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Clinton E. Crosier (left), U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) director of plans and policy, signs a memorandum of understanding at the 33rd Annual Space Symposium, Apr. 4, 2017, with Royal Norwegian Air Force Col. Stig Nilsson (right), Norwegian Ministry of Defence head of the space program. The memorandum – previously signed by Norwegian Army Maj. Gen. Odd-Harald Hagen, Norwegian Ministry of Defence Department of Defence Policy and Long-Term Planning director general, and Arne Benjaminsen, Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries Research and Innovation Department director general, in Oslo, Norway, March 1, 2017 – authorizes sharing space situational awareness (SSA) services and information with the Norwegian Ministry of Defence and Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries. Norway joins 12 nations (the United Kingdom, the Republic of Korea, France, Canada, Italy, Japan, Israel, Spain, Germany, Australia, the United Arab Emirates and Belgium), two intergovernmental organizations (the European Space Agency and the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) and more than 60 commercial satellite owner/operator/launchers already participating in SSA data-sharing agreements with USSTRATCOM. SSA data-sharing agreements enhance multinational space cooperation and streamline the process for USSTRATCOM partners to request specific information gathered by USSTRATCOM’s Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
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OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Clinton E. Crosier (left), U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) director of plans and policy, signs a memorandum of understanding at the 33rd Annual Space Symposium, Apr. 4, 2017, with Royal Norwegian Air Force Col. Stig Nilsson (right), Norwegian Ministry of Defence head of the space program. The memorandum – previously signed by Norwegian Army Maj. Gen. Odd-Harald Hagen, Norwegian Ministry of Defence Department of Defence Policy and Long-Term Planning director general, and Arne Benjaminsen, Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries Research and Innovation Department director general, in Oslo, Norway, March 1, 2017 – authorizes sharing space situational awareness (SSA) services and information with the Norwegian Ministry of Defence and Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries. Norway joins 12 nations (the United Kingdom, the Republic of Korea, France, Canada, Italy, Japan, Israel, Spain, Germany, Australia, the United Arab Emirates and Belgium), two intergovernmental organizations (the European Space Agency and the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) and more than 60 commercial satellite owner/operator/launchers already participating in SSA data-sharing agreements with USSTRATCOM. SSA data-sharing agreements enhance multinational space cooperation and streamline the process for USSTRATCOM partners to request specific information gathered by USSTRATCOM’s Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.


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