Vivienne Machi
October 31, 2025

Spanish space officials

Adm. Aniceto Rosique Nieto, director general of armament and material for the Spanish Defense Ministry, and Air Force Gen. Francisco Braco Carbó, Chief of Staff of the Spanish Air and Space Force, during an acceptance ceremony for the Space Situational Awareness and Control System on Oct. 31.

Credit: GMV

The Spanish Space Command took delivery of a new space situational awareness system built by GMV in an Oct. 31 ceremony at Torrejon air base, the company announced in a release. The Space Situational Awareness and Control System (CCSE) provides Madrid with a space object catalog, atmospheric reentry…

Vivienne Machi

Vivienne Machi is the military space editor for Aviation Week based in Los Angeles.

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