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Leveraging Commercial Space Services: Opportunities and Risks for the Department of the Air Force

6 Sep 2023

The expanding commercial space industry offers new opportunities — such as technological advances, lower launch costs, and innovative satellite applications — that could help the U.S. military meet mission requirements more efficiently. RAND researchers evaluated two commercial space markets to understand opportunities and risks that the Department of the Air Force could encounter when making decisions to invest in commercial space capabilities.
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Authors

Balk, Jonathan, Langeland, Krista, Nacouzi, George, Wong, Jonathan P., Patel, Karishma V., Kim, Yool, Romita Grocholski, Krista, Bicksler, Barbara

Mentioned Organizations

European Union
Library of Congress
RAND Corporation
Division
RAND Project AIR FORCE Force Modernization and Employment Program
Pages
78
Published in
United States
RAND Identifier
RR-A1724-1
RAND Type
report
Rights
RAND Corporation
Series
Research Reports
Source
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA1724-1.html

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