So all the things that are in geostationary orbit, hovering about the Earth now, that are over the Pacific. “What we have is adversaries that are trying to be deceptive, trying not to let us track their” assets. Today we’re tracking over 40,000 pieces of things in space, and so from just a ‘things moving around’ [perspective], that’s really important. Native Hawaiians consider Haleakala a sacred space, and Space Force proposals for additional telescopes on the summit have been met with protest. A fuel leak at the site in 2023 also angered locals, and the Space Force is amid a multi-year process to clean up the fuel without removing any dirt from the site.