Space Force chief sees larger role for commercial industry in its missions February 25 Two CubeSats, part of a constellation built and operated by Planet Labs Inc. to take images of Earth, were launched from the International Space Station in 2016. (NASA) This version corrects the spelling of the first name of SDA Director Derek Tournear. WASHINGTON — In year two, the U.S. Space Force wants to build deeper connections with commercial industry, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Jay Raymond said Thursday. “If you look at historically what has been commercially viable in space, it was com...