Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS)

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US Space Force gives SpaceX exclusive access to orbital tracking data

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Weakened after staff cuts and funding threats

The US Space Force has given SpaceX access to Vector Covariance Messages, its most precise orbital tracking files. No other private firm has routine access to the data, which carries the military's error margins for objects in orbit.

Updated Oct 27