ATLAS, the Advanced Tracking and Launch Analysis System, was declared operational in September 2025. It serves as the backbone of how the Space Force tracks objects in orbit and coordinates launch activity, making the planned improvements central to the service’s space domain awareness mission.
The three 2027 upgrades address distinct areas of the system. The Five Eyes data-sharing improvement would connect ATLAS with the intelligence-sharing partnership that includes Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The cloud integration upgrade brings the system onto cloud-based infrastructure. The third element establishes a dedicated environment for training operators who work with the system.
Of the three, the allied data-sharing component carries the broadest reach. Pooling space domain awareness across the five partner nations would allow the participants to build a combined picture of orbital activity, drawing on inputs from each country rather than relying on a single national source.
The Space Force frames the Five Eyes upgrade as a step toward treating space as a shared allied domain rather than a purely national one. By combining data across the five partners, the US would help assemble a multilateral view of orbital activity that no single nation could construct alone.
The timing of the Five Eyes upgrade bears watching. Allied data agreements in space have historically taken longer to negotiate than the underlying technical work, which raises the question of whether that portion of the 2027 schedule holds or slips.
