Cole identifies himself on the radio as "SOC Trevante Cole". SOC is a unit designation not something a individual's rank.
Multiple references are made to "event horizon telescopes". There is no such class of telescope. There is a group called the EHT but it would be of no relevance or help in this situation as it is dedicated to imaging black holes. It does this using time on an array of telescopes around the world and doesn't own observatories.
There is an extended scene of Aneesha scrubbing up as if she was going into surgery but the area she is in is clearly not sterile as there is a large open doorway to the outside at the end. Other people in the area are also in a bizarre mixture of surgical and non-surgical gear. Several people that appear to be performing surgery are not wearing hair coverings, even those with long hair.