This month, the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists released the last UCS Satellite Database to be produced by our incredible longtime colleague, Teri Grimwood. This update, current with launches through May 1, 2023, collects 28 pieces of data on 7,560 actively-operating satellites.
Over the last 18 years, Teri has produced 45 updated versions of our database. The Satellite Database has subscribers from inside and outside governments from all over the globe. That it has become a critical tool for researchers, reporters, policymakers, and space enthusiasts is a testament to Teri’s judgment, vast subject knowledge, and attention to detail. We in the UCS Global Security Program are very proud of this work and its impact.
We began this project in 2005, when we realized there was a significant lack of accurate and public data of this kind. Estimates…
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