As military space operations become increasingly complex, validating a single spacecraft is no longer enough. Mission success depends on understanding how satellites, sensors, communications, command and control, and operational concepts perform together as an integrated mission.
This session explores the shift from platform-centric development to mission-centric operations, where defense organizations can design, test, validate, and stress mission architectures in a high-fidelity virtual environment before committing resources on orbit. Learn how mission virtualization reduces risk, accelerates capability delivery, and enables operators to evaluate mission outcomes, refine concepts of operation, and build confidence before launch.