Laryssa Patten

Laryssa Patten has spent her career in the space field on civilian, government and military space programs. This includes working in Canada on RADARSAT operations and International Space Station Operations. She also supported the European Commission on European Space Policy Development and Galileo Applications. For the last 10 years, she has been part of NATO, responsible for both Space and the Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) activities within the Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance service center at NCI Agency. NATO has recently announced a new space initiative, the Alliance Persistent Surveillance from Space Programme (APSS), which will enhance and accelerate situational awareness and decision making through the establishment of an Alliance Virtual Constellation for access to shared data and services from space, and the integration of these data and services into NATO systems. Laryssa the Programme Manager of this initiative.