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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Dr. Phys. Marius-Ion Piso (center), President of Romanian Space Agency (ROSA), signs the United States-Romania Space Situational Awareness (SSA) agreement alongside Lt. Col. Matthew Kimsal (left), representative of the U.S. Embassy in Romania, and Mircea Cernat, Senior Engineer of ROSA, at ROSA headquarter in Bucharest, Romania, on April 25, 2019. The U.S. government partners with space-faring entities to promote the responsible, peaceful and safe use of space. SSA sharing agreements lay the foundation that allows USSTRATCOM to share information with allies and partners in support of launches, on-orbit maneuvers, anomaly resolution, de-commissioning activities and on-orbit conjunction assessments. SSA sharing is a foundational capability that affects all future space operations and projects.100th space sharing agreement signed, Romania Space Agency joins
                        
                        
                        Dr. Marius-Ion Piso (center), Romanian Space Agency president, signs the United States-Romania Space Situational Awareness agreement alongside Lt. Col. Matthew Kimsal (left), U.S. Embassy in Romania representative, and Mircea Cernat, ROSA senior engineer, at ROSA headquarters in Bucharest, Romania, April 25, 2019. The U.S. government partners with space-faring entities to promote the responsible, peaceful and safe use of space. SSA sharing agreements lay the foundation that allows USSTRATCOM to share information with allies and partners in support of launches, on-orbit maneuvers, anomaly resolution, decommissioning activities and on-orbit conjunction assessments. SSA sharing is a foundational capability that affects all future space operations and projects. (U.S. Air Force photo)
                
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        Rear Adm. Richard Correll, U.S. Strategic Command director of plans and policy, signs the United States-Romania Space Situational Awareness (SSA) agreement at USSTRATCOM Headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., on April 4, 2019. SSA data-sharing agreements enhance multinational space cooperation and streamline the process for USSTRATCOM partners to request specific information gathered by USSTRATCOM’s Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The information is crucial for launch support, satellite maneuver planning, support for on-orbit anomalies, electromagnetic interference reporting and investigation, satellite decommissioning activities and on-orbit conjunction assessments.100th space sharing agreement signed, Romania Space Agency joins
                        
                        
                        Rear Adm. Richard Correll, U.S. Strategic Command director of plans and policy, signs the United States-Romania Space Situational Awareness  agreement at USSTRATCOM Headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., April 4, 2019. SSA data-sharing agreements enhance multinational space cooperation and streamline the process for USSTRATCOM partners to request specific information gathered by USSTRATCOM’s Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The information is crucial for launch support, satellite maneuver planning, support for on-orbit anomalies, electromagnetic interference reporting and investigation, satellite decommissioning activities and on-orbit conjunction assessments. (U.S. Air Force photo)
                
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100th space sharing agreement signed, Romania Space Agency joinsPublished April 29, 2019
                    
                    By Karen Singer
                    
                    
                    U.S. Strategic Command Public Affairs
            **OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. (AFNS) --**U.S. Strategic Command reached a milestone with the signing of its 100th space situational awareness agreement when the Romanian Space Agency signed an agreement with USSTRATCOM April 25. These agreements foster openness, predictability of space operations and transparency in space activities.
With the signing, Romania becomes the 20th nation joining Australia, Japan, Italy, Canada, France, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Germany, Israel, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, Brazil, the Netherlands, Thailand, New Zealand and Poland; two intergovernmental organizations, the European Space Agency and the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites; and 78 commercial satellite owner/operator/launchers already participating in SSA data-sharing agreements with USSTRATCOM.
In 2011, USSTRATCOM was delegated the responsibility for signing SSA agreements on behalf of the U.S. government with governmental agencies and commercial satellite owners and operators to provide space information such as conjunction assessment, launches, deorbits, and reentry assistance.
“Signing the 100th SSA is an enormous milestone,” said Vice Adm. Dave Kriete, U.S. Strategic Command deputy commander. “Effective monitoring and space situational awareness requires cooperation – we cannot do it alone. We encourage others to join us. Agreements like these build our relationships and allow the space community to be more effective in space activities, enhancing the safety of space for all nations.”
USSTRATCOM will continue to work with all responsible space-faring nations to ensure a safe, secure, sustainable and stable space environment.
“The agreement with USSTRATCOM is a cornerstone of Romania’s present and future developments in space surveillance and tracking,” said Dr. Marius-Ioan Piso, Romanian Space Agency president. “For the past decade, the Romanian Space Agency has constantly been investing in space safety projects and programs, being aware of the importance of space assets as critical infrastructure for our society. In this context, this agreement is at the core of our SSA efforts, but also an important step forward, built upon a long-term collaboration between Romania and the United States. We welcome this agreement that strengthens the collaboration between our nations.”
Piso also explained that Romania was one of the first Eastern European countries to sign collaborations with NASA in the ‘70s, taking and processing the images from U.S. satellites. Currently, both countries are collaborating in areas such as space exploration, the International Space Station, nano-satellites and planetary defense. Romania and the U.S. worked together on space applications for areas such as precision agriculture, telemedicine and disaster monitoring.
“Space situational awareness agreements formalize relationships with other nations and are crucial to normalizing future space operations,” said Rear Adm. Richard Correll, USSTRATCOM director of plans and policy. “As space becomes more contested, agreements like these move us closer to creating norms for space activities.”
USSTRATCOM has global responsibilities assigned through the Unified Command Plan that include strategic deterrence, nuclear operations, space operations, joint electromagnetic spectrum operations, global strike, missile defense and analysis and targeting.LR 



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