US MILITARY GIVES ELON MUSK'S SPACEX ACCESS TO SENSITIVE TRACKING DATA

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SpaceX has been granted access to restricted space tracking data by the US military. The access raises new national security questions as well as questions about whether the Trump administration is attempting to hand over traffic control in Earth's orbit to a donor. Elon Musk's Doge program fired many of the federal government's space traffic control staff in 2025, and the administration has twice attempted to financially gut the Traffic Coordination System for Space department. The moves have been widely viewed in the industry as an attempt by Musk to privatize space traffic control.