HELSINKI — China launched the latest in a series classified satellites into geosynchronous transfer orbit Sunday while disclosing little about the spacecraft. A Long March 3B rocket lifted off at […]

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The PWSA Tranche 1 launch campaign is now anticipated to begin in late summer 2025

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The decision cuts off Ukraine's access to the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency's (NGA) commercial satellite imagery platform.

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The X-37B spaceplane touched down at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on March 7.

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The world has taken notice of the hypersonic technology that China and Russia are touting as unstoppable. Capable of maneuvering unpredictably at extreme speeds within the atmosphere, these weapons are […]

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The technology allows users to search satellite imagery and other geospatial data using natural language queries.

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Bruno said ULA has six Vulcan rockets currently in production

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In a March 2024 flight test, Stratolaunch’s Roc aircraft took off from California’s Mojave Spaceport and, after reaching its designated position off the California coast, released its payload, the Talon-A […]

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What do China, Russia, North Korea and Iran have in common? Each member of this axis of aggressors has developed (or at least has claimed to have developed) operational hypersonic […]

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Gen. Michael Guetlein, vice chief of space operations of the U.S. Space Force, said Golden Dome represents a significant challenge that demands unprecedented collaboration across defense and intelligence agencies.

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Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale said that for commercial firms to gain substantial ground, ‘the processes have to be transparent and open and fair.’

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Industry leaders from Blue Origin, SpaceX and ULA call for modernization of launch facilities to increase capacity

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The company is a contender in the Space Force’s Resilient GPS program, an initiative aimed at augmenting the existing GPS constellation with smaller and lower-cost satellites

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Earth-observation startup Albedo won a U.S. Air Force Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) contract with a potential value of $12 million.

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Saltzman: "We must think of space as a war fighting domain, rather than just a collection of support activities"

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BAE Systems will lead the second phase of the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) command and control (C2) ground system program

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VP Matt Magaña: There's a clear signal from the government that they want to tap into commercial innovations for Golden Dome

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The military will seek environmental approval for two landing pads at Johnston Atoll

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After spending six weeks in orbit, the capsule touched down at the Koonibba Test Range in South Australia

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Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), both members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, sent a letter to Meink seeking clarity on his relationship with SpaceX and its chief executive, Elon Musk

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While inspired by Israel's Iron Dome air-defense system, the American version is designed to operate on a much larger scale

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On February 19, the Mitchell Institute published a report on the United States Space Force’s Theory of Competitive Endurance. The report assumes the Space Force’s core theoretical approach could undermine […]

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The congressional watchdog raised concerns about the agency's rush to deploy hundreds of military satellites before fully proving that they can establish laser communications in orbit

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The Government Accountability Office specifically raises concerns about the technical maturity of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture’s laser communications technology.

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