Members of Congress are working on legislation directing the Space Force to embrace its tactical surveillance program and explore VLEO.

The Tactical Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Tracking (TacSRT) program was left out of the 2026 defense budget

De Space Force krijgt $40 miljoen extra om TacSRT uit te breiden. Dit programma helpt met het snel leveren van satellietbeelden aan militaire eenheden. Er zijn afspraken nodig met andere diensten om taken goed te verdelen. TacSRT wordt ook ingezet bij humanitaire hulp, dus niet alleen bij oorlog...

Space Force leaders have touted their “surveillance-as-a-service" TacSRT program as a success story, leveraging commercial firms to deliver information to users on timelines far faster than typical space intelligence assets. Now, lawmakers want the service to put more heft behind the effort—starting with actually funding the program in fiscal 2026. The post Lawmakers Push Space Force to Invest in New, Commercial Surveillance appeared first on Air & Space Forces Magazine.

AURORA, Colo.—When Soldiers and Sailors went to work constructing a floating pier in Gaza last year, the U.S. Space Force monitored their security using civilian satellite intelligence. The Tactical Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Tracking, or TacSRT program—first discussed at last year’s... The post ‘It Works’: Space Force Expands Surveillance-as-a-Service Program After Successful Pilot appeared first on Air & Space Forces Magazine.

TacSRT operates as a marketplace where organizations can request specific data on disaster-affected regions from commercial satellite providers

As Space Force and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) formalize their agreement on surveillance, a new era of space militarization accelerates.

The Tactical Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Tracking (TacSRT) program was left out of the 2026 defense budget The post Congress to push Pentagon to fund commercial satellite intelligence program appeared first on SpaceNews.

TacSRT operates as a marketplace where organizations can request specific data on disaster-affected regions from commercial satellite providers The post U.S. Space Force taps commercial satellites for Hurricane Helene disaster relief appeared first on SpaceNews.

The TacSRT program “complements the exquisite work done by the intelligence community with unclassified operational planning products delivered on tactically relevant timelines” The post U.S. Space Force chief endorses commercial satellite data program appeared first on SpaceNews.

The Space Force is looking to expand the TacSRT pilot to assist additional combatant commands in leveraging space-based commercial imagery and analytics for operations.

In February 2024, the U.S. Space Force set up a pilot program called Tactical Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Tracking (TacSRT).