1st Space Battalion, 1st Space Brigade Soldiers from Colorado Springs, Colorado, are training to operate the Warfighter Assisting Low Earth Orbit Tracker, or WALT, antenna and Kestrel Eye Ground Station at the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command headquarters. The training is allowing the Soldiers to support overhead satellite passes for the Kestrel Eye program for approximately two months. (U.S. Army photo by Jason B. Cutshaw)

1st Space Battalion, 1st Space Brigade Soldiers from Colorado Springs, Colorado, are training to operate the Warfighter Assisting Low Earth Orbit Tracker, or WALT, antenna and Kestrel Eye Ground Station at the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command headquarters. The training is allowing the Soldiers to support overhead satellite passes for the Kestrel Eye program for approximately two months. (U.S. Army photo by Jason B. Cutshaw) Stock Photo

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