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SpaceX launches U.S. spy satellites from Vandenberg
Jun 29, 2024 (UPI)
The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at the opening of a two-hour window, 8:14 p.m. PDT. The United States' National Reconnaissance O...
NRL CCOR begins mission on NOAA's GOES-U satellite to track space weather
Jun 27, 2024 (SPX)
NOAA sponsored the NRL to develop CCOR, a small space telescope that creates an artificial solar eclipse to image the sun's outer atmosphere, the solar corona. ...
Redwire to Lead DARPA SabreSat VLEO Mission
Jun 18, 2024 (SPX)
The importance of VLEO is increasing, particularly for national security missions. Spacecraft in VLEO operate in an environment that is less congested than low-...
US Space Force Awards Contracts to Blue Origin, SpaceX, and ULA for National Security Space Launch Phase 3
Jun 17, 2024 (SPX)
Mission Assurance involves the integration and sharing of methods, resources, tools, and results between commercial launch service providers and the government ...
Vyoma Awards Aerospacelab Contract for Second Space Surveillance Satellite
Jun 17, 2024 (SPX)
Under the contract, Aerospacelab will utilize its Versatile Satellite Platform-50 (VSP-50) to host Vyoma's optical payload. Aerospacelab will handle the manufac...
Hughes Europe Enters Defense and Government Markets with Konnect VHTS Services
Jun 12, 2024 (SPX)
The initiative will meet the increasing demand for high-speed connectivity and the growing security concerns around Europe's advancing military and governmental...
Slingshot Aerospace and DARPA Create AI to Detect Anomalous Satellites
Jun 06, 2024 (SPX)
With over 10,000 satellites planned for deployment by various international entities, verifying the operation of these satellites is critical. "Agatha represent...
BlackSky Secures One-Year Extension for NRO Imagery Contract
Jun 06, 2024 (SPX)
"This contract represents continued confidence in BlackSky as a trusted mission partner as the NRO makes strides in leveraging commercial space technology to st...
Flying saucers and alien abductions: New book explores history of UFOs
Jun 05, 2024 (SPX)
Strange aerial events have been noted since ancient times, but the term "unidentified flying object" represents both a concept and a theory, according to Greg E...
US Space Forces Indo-Pacific Stresses Alliance at Australian Space Summit
Jun 01, 2024 (SPX)
The summit addressed critical funding issues and explored new opportunities for international collaboration to grow Australia's space sector. During the event, ...
BlackSky Secures $7 Million Contract Renewal for Space-Based Imagery and Analytics Services
Jun 01, 2024 (SPX)
"With disruptive speed and economics BlackSky is delivering unparalleled value to multiple international ministries of defense with automated real-time high-fre...
Scout Space's second optical payload completes first image capture in orbit
May 31, 2024 (SPX)
This milestone emphasizes Scout's commitment to enhancing space safety and improving multi-domain SDA capabilities. Following the image capture at 6:25 GMT on M...
Redwire boosts AI investment for enhanced space domain awareness
May 30, 2024 (SPX)
"The outcomes of AI and space operations research will be tremendously valuable to our technology roadmap and advance our products, including space domain aware...
First Annual Space Piracy Conference Scheduled for February 2025
May 30, 2024 (SPX)
While piracy and crime in space are currently theoretical, experts agree that the rapid commercial growth of the space sector will inevitably lead to criminal a...
Legal Framework for Military Space Operations Detailed in New Manual
May 30, 2024 (SPX)
Duncan Blake, a lecturer at UNSW Canberra, emphasizes that space is not without rules. The Woomera Manual on the International Law of Military Space Activities ...
Space Force plans to fill Satellite Procurement Gap with Space Test Experiments Platform
May 26, 2024 (SPX)
"The DoD Space Test Program is looking to leverage all the successes from industry to provide proven spacecraft to host the DoD's next generation of space techn...
N. Korea says plans to launch satellite by June 4: Japanese media
May 26, 2024 (AFP)
The Japanese Coast Guard said the eight-day launch window began at midnight Sunday into Monday, with North Korea's notice designating three maritime danger zone...
Space Officials Outline Key Investments Needed to Ensure U.S. Maintains Edge
May 23, 2024 (SPX)
"We are clearly in a time of rapid change in the space strategic environment," Hill told the Strategic Forces Subcommittee. "One that does not favor the slow or...
Preligens secures AI analytics contract with new APAC customer
May 23, 2024 (SPX)
"Since its incorporation 8 years ago, Preligens is pioneering Geospatial Artificial Intelligence to allow leading intelligence agencies and warfighting commands...
Pentagon says Russia launched space weapon in path of US satellite
May 22, 2024 (AFP)
"Russia launched a satellite into low Earth orbit that we assess is likely a counter-space weapon presumably capable of attacking other satellites in low Earth ...
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