A team from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s space program developed an optical payload for the Space Force’s Victus Haze mission. Credit: Garry McLeod/LLNL

WASHINGTON — A Rocket Lab spacecraft used an optical payload developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to track another satellite during a U.S. Space Force exercise testing how quickly spacecraft can be launched and put to work inspecting objects in orbit.

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Sandra Erwin writes about military space programs, policy, technology and the industry that supports this sector. She has covered the military, the Pentagon, Congress and the defense industry for nearly two decades as editor of NDIA’s National Defense...