No later than September, the U.S. Space Force expects its first operational contracts in the Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve — the point where a wartime call-up framework for private satellites stops being a pilot program. The officer delivering it takes the MilSat Symposium stage twice at Silicon Valley Space Week. Col. Timothy Trimailo, Director of the Commercial Space Office (COMSO) at Space Systems Command, on Wednesday, October 28: → 2:45 PM — Fireside keynote "Space Superiority and the Commercial Question," with Milbank LLP partner Dara Panahy → 4:30 PM — "Buy What We Can vs. the Build-First Budget," moderated by Quilty Space co-CEO Chris Quilty The question following CASR to Mountain View: if a requisitioned commercial satellite is attacked, who carries the loss? #MilSatSymposium #SVSW2026 #SpaceForce #CASR