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New Angara-A5 Rocket to Enhance Defense Capability of Russia
Dec 24, 2014 (Sputnik)
Russia's new Angara-class rockets will be used to enhance defense capability of Russia and its security partners by putting military and dual-purpose satellites...
Atlas 5 launches spysat payload for NRO
Dec 16, 2014 (SPX)
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off from Space Launch Complex-3 on Dec. 12 ...
Future of USAF is air, space, cyberspace integration
Dec 12, 2014 (AFNS)
The commander of Air Force Space Command talked about the fundamental relationship between space operations and everyday life - not only for the military, but f...
SHERPA and NovaWurks to deploy DARPA Phoenix eXCITe Spacecraft
Dec 11, 2014 (SPX)
Spaceflight has announced it has signed NovaWurks to a launch services agreement for the eXCITe spacecraft, which NovaWurks is developing as part of the Phoenix...
UN passes resolution banning arms race in outer space
Dec 05, 2014 (Sputnik)
The United Nations General Assembly passed a draft resolution on No First Placement of Weapons in Outer Space (NFP) proposed by Russia, the Russian Foreign Mini...
Russia Tests First Military Space Surveillance Complex
Dec 03, 2014 (Sputnik)
The first surface complex of Russia's military space surveillance system has undergone state tests, Commander of Russian Aerospace Defense Forces Lt. Gen. Alexa...
Whispers about Russia's so-called 'satellite killer' grow louder
Nov 18, 2014 (UPI)
Earlier this year, Russia rocketed several satellites into space. They also deposited what was at the time believed to be a piece of space junk. With no declare...
Phoenix Releases First Steps Toward Vision of FedEx to GEO
Nov 11, 2014 (SPX)
Launches of satellites for the Department of Defense (DoD) or other government agencies often cost hundreds of millions of dollars each and require scheduling y...
Boeing demos use of anti-jamming system with existing satellite
Nov 06, 2014 (UPI)
Boeing reports that its anti-jamming communications, using a protected tactical waveform, can be used with existing satellites and ground terminals. The capabil...
Harris to provide geospatial products intelligence agency
Oct 24, 2014 (UPI)
Geospatial data services are to be provided to the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency by the Harris Corporation. The Florida-headquartered communicati...
USAF looks at commercial satellite control networks
Oct 22, 2014 (UPI)
The U.S. Air Force has picked Intelsat General Corp. to study the use of commercial satellite control network capabilities for government satellite operations. ...
3rd X-37B test vehicle lands at Vandenberg
Oct 21, 2014 (SPX)
The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle mission 3 (OTV-3), the Air Force's unmanned, reusable space plane, landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base at 9:24 a.m. Oct. 17 . "Th...
US military's robot space plane lands back on Earth
Oct 17, 2014 (AFP)
A top secret US robot space plane landed back on Earth on Friday after a 22-month orbit, officials said, although the craft's mission remains shrouded in myster...
SNC contracted for U.S. military technology demonstrator satellite
Oct 15, 2014 (UPI)
A next-generation science and technology demonstration satellite is being built by the Sierra Nevada Corporation's Space Systems unit for the U.S. military. The...
US military's robot space plane due to land this week
Oct 14, 2014 (AFP)
The US military's mysterious robot space plane is expected to land this week after a 22-month orbit, officials said Tuesday, but the craft's mission remains shr...
Pentagon's mystery 'space plane' to touch down after record time in orbit
Oct 14, 2014 (RIA Novosti)
The Boeing X-37B, a highly classified robotic spacecraft built for the US Air Force, is to make its third landing after spending more than 670 days in low-Earth...
USAF eyes in the sky provide global weather data
Oct 01, 2014 (AFNS)
In the absolute silence of space, a special group of satellites circles our planet in a fast, low earth orbit, their cameras and sensors point toward Earth as t...
Where is that spacecraft
Sep 29, 2014 (SPX)
Space surveillance is inherently challenging when compared to other tracking environments due to various reasons, not least of which is the long time gap betwee...
AFSPC Commander advocates defending space superiority
Sep 22, 2014 (SPX)
The Commander of Air Force Space Command Gen. John Hyten charged the Air Force to defend its position and remain on the cutting edge of international space oper...
Founding Day of Air and Missile Defense Command of Aerospace Defense Forces
Sep 18, 2014 (RIA Novosti)
A number of events are scheduled in Moscow on Friday, to mark the 60th anniversary of the Moscow Air Defense District, established on August 20, 1954, which had...
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