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The Rocket’s Red Glare: China’s Ambitions to Dominate Space

AGENDA

Hearing on "The Rocket’s Red Glare: China’s Ambitions to Dominate Space"

Thursday, April 3, 2025

Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 430, and Webex

*Livestream to appear here*

Hearing Co-Chairs: Commissioner Michael Kuiken and Commissioner Cliff Sims

9:30 AM – 9:40 AM: Co-Chairs' Opening Remarks
 
9:40 AM – 11:10 AM: Panel I: U.S. Space Force’s Perspective on Strategic Competition with China in Space

  • General B. Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations, U.S. Space Force 

11:10 AM – 11:20 AM: Break

11:20 AM – 1:00 PM: Panel II: Space as a Contested Domain: Expansion of China’s Military and Commercial Space Activities

  • Brien Alkire, Senior Operations Researcher, RAND
  • Blaine Curcio, Founder, Orbital Gateway Consulting
  • Victoria Samson, Chief Director of Space Security and Stability, Secure World Foundation
  • Dave Cavossa, President, Commercial Space Federation
  • Andrew Cox, Founder, Four Spoke LLC

1:00 PM – 1:05 PM: Closing Remarks

1:05 PM: Adjourn