Episode Details

In today’s congested and contested space environment, commercial space companies must now prepare for a variety of threats that can compromise their systems on-orbit: from incidental collisions with space debris, to counterspace threats like cyber and electronic warfare attacks, as well as kinetic strikes. Meanwhile, the inherently dual-use nature of space systems, which often support both national security and economic purposes, further reinforces the imperative that the United States Space Force communicates threat information with its industry partners to ensure resiliency of our nation’s space capabilities. 

Now, a new Space Force program, Orbital Watch, aims to do just that: facilitate greater information-sharing with industry partners for both unclassified and classified threats.

In this episode of “The Elara Edge,” Col (Ret) Charlie McGillis explains how Orbital Watch, within the broader Space Force Front Door program, aims to enable better threat information-sharing with industry partners. Prior to becoming a partner with Elara Nova, Charlie served as the former Director of Intelligence at 14th Air Force (Space) and is a former senior vice president at Slingshot Aerospace. Today, she is an active member of the independent review board for the Office of Space Commerce’s Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS).

"The Elara Edge" is hosted and produced by Scott King of Elara Nova. The full story can be found on Elara Nova's Insights page here. Music was produced by Patrick Watkins of PW Audio.