Schafer
Corporation
Forms Commercial
Space
Situational
Awareness
Business Unit
Schafer
Corporation has
formed a
Commercial Space
Situational
Awareness (CSSA)
business unit to
meet the growing
need for
technically
accurate, timely
and relevant
information on
the location of
natural and
manmade objects
in orbit around
the Earth.
Schafer has
appointed U.S
Air Force
Colonel (Ret)
Donald Greiman
as Vice
President and
General Manager
to lead this new
segment.
Mr. Greiman and
former astronaut and U.S
Air Force Colonel (Ret)
Mark Brown have
assembled a team of
eight independent and
highly-specialized
aerospace and defense
companies to complement
Schafer’s historic
expertise and investment
in Space Situational
Awareness (SSA). The
CSSA business unit and
its partners will
provide comprehensive
satellite coverage of
space from more than 85
widely distributed
positions through
electro-optical systems,
radio frequencies, and
laser sensors, which
monitor space objects
from low Earth orbit
(LEO) to geostationary
orbit (GEO). The
collective capabilities
of this team will
include highly accurate
positioning
determination systems,
orbit predictions,
robust analysis and
common operational
views, and actuarial
data revealing insights
about failure trends,
risk assessments, and
insurance claims dating
back to 1957. Products
and services will range
from pre-mission
planning and modelling
to launch and orbit
operations through
end-of-life management
of commercial
satellites.
“I am excited to lead
this exceptional team of
industry experts on our
mission to meet the
needs of the rapidly
growing commercial space
satellites segment,”
said Mr. Greiman. “Our
primary objective is to
deliver affordable,
high-quality insight and
analysis to our valued
customers through
innovative and trusted
technology. I look
forward to working
alongside each CSSA team
member as we continue to
innovate and provide
solutions to the
aerospace industry.”
“I am proud to
introduce the newly
established CSSA
business unit,” said
Michael Griffin,
Chairman and CEO of
Schafer Corporation.
“Under Don’s leadership,
the CSSA business unit
will allow Schafer to
continue supporting its
customers in meeting and
exceeding their goals of
gaining greater insight
into space and the
behavior of space
objects. We remain
steadfast in our
commitment to excellence
and providing quality
services to our
aerospace, national
security and private
sector customers.”
Mr. Greiman joins
Schafer with nearly 40
years of U.S. military
and defense industry
experience, including a
culminating assignment
as Vice Commander of the
National Air and Space
Intelligence Center. He
has also held positions
of leadership for
industry teams of
scientists, engineers,
and technologists that
have delivered
innovative R&D, systems
engineering, and
advanced analytics.
Former NASA
Administrator Dr.
Michael Griffin and
former Chief Information
Officer of the United
States Air Force and the
Department of Energy
John Gilligan will also
add their specific space
and cyber expertise to
the CSSA business unit.
