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HawkEye 360 awarded $15.5M contract with Air Force Research Laboratory
Jan 12, 2022 (SPX)
"This agreement is a tremendous opportunity for HawkEye 360 to showcase the whole spectrum of capability we offer the government as it develops its space archit...
IBCS connects the Joint Force, enabling effects across all domains
Jan 05, 2022 (SPX)
"IBCS is a centerpiece of the U.S. Army's modernization strategy for air and missile defense to address the changing battlefield," said Mary Petryszyn, corporat...
Outer space is not the US' backyard
Jan 04, 2022 (XNA)
However, he said nothing of the high risks of satellite collisions in space. According to a United Kingdom-based research team, 90 percent of close encounters a...
Iran launches three new satellites into low earth orbit
Jan 01, 2022 (Sputnik)
Tehran has launched a rocket carrying three satellites into space, Iranian Defence Ministry spokesman Ahmad Hosseini has revealed. According to him, a domestica...
China launches final rocket of the year into orbit
Jan 01, 2022 (XNA)
The rocket blasted off at 12:43 am and carried an experimental satellite, named Communication Technology Demonstrator 9, into a geosynchronous orbit, according ...
USTRANSCOM expands cooperative research to explore space cargo
Jan 01, 2022 (SPX)
"Today, industry is energetically shaping space into a practical transportation mode--a trustworthy complement to our traditional global mobility options," expl...
UAP: SkyCAM Searches the Sky
Dec 21, 2021 (SPX)
"Most of these observations concern known phenomena or objects such as birds, aircraft, satellites or clouds. But for a very small proportion, the cause remains...
Reduce DAF declares Hack-A-Sat Challenge winners, aims to reduce space vulnerability
Dec 15, 2021 (SPX)
Brig. Gen. John M. Olson, call sign "Sprocket," is the mobilization assistant to the chief of space operations for the Space Force and gave keynote remarks duri...
US Army tests multi-orbit solutions leveraging MEO capabilities amid SES's upcoming O3b mPOWER launch
Dec 08, 2021 (SPX)
Most recently, the U.S. Army announced its integrated ground terminal, Phoenix E-Model, would serve Expeditionary Signal Battalion - Enhanced (ESB-E) formations...
AFRL celebrates launch of small-sat ascent to GEO
Dec 08, 2021 (SPX)
Ascent is a 12-unit Cubesat conceived and developed within the directorate's Small Satellite Portfolio at Kirtland AFB, and in partnership with the Space Securi...
Northrop Grumman makes critical contributions to STP-3 Mission
Dec 07, 2021 (SPX)
Built on Northrop Grumman's highly successful LEOStar-3 platform, STPSat-6 is the primary spacecraft for the STP-3 mission. STP-3 supports advanced communicatio...
Space Force mission blasts off from Florida after multiple delays
Dec 07, 2021 (UPI)
United Launch Alliance sent the Space Test Program-3 (STP-3) mission into space from Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at a...
Astra announces launch for NASA from Cape Canaveral in January
Dec 06, 2021 (SPX)
"This historic launch site has been prepared for a new commercial launch partner in less than year, which is a tremendous milestone for our combined team, and i...
Space Force General Claims China Moves 'Twice the Rate' of US in Space Race, May Overtake It by 2030
Dec 06, 2021 (Sputnik)
General David Thompson, Vice Chief of Space Operations for the US Space Force, stated that China is building space capabilities at "twice the rate" of the US. "...
AFRL opens state-of-the-art digital Space Legacy Portal exhibit
Dec 06, 2021 (SPX)
"This project began more than three years ago as an idea to use the dim and underutilized atrium area in the lobby of the directorate's headquarters building as...
Space Force welcomes North Carolina A&T to the University Partnership Program
Dec 03, 2021 (SPX)
N.C. A&T Chancellor Harold L. Martin Sr. and Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. David D. Thompson signed the memorandum of understanding from their respective ...
Space Force plans to launch experimental satellites early Sunday
Dec 03, 2021 (UPI)
United Launch Alliance has scheduled liftoff of the Atlas V rocket during a two-hour window starting at 4:04 a.m. EST from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Fo...
Space Force General says daily attacks on US satellites are 'Sending a Message'
Dec 02, 2021 (Sputnik)
US Space Force General David Thompson said that American satellites are being attacked "every single day" by adversaries in a war-like manner, according to an o...
Rocket Lab launch strengthens BlackSky Constellation by two satellites
Dec 01, 2021 (SPX)
"This was the fastest BlackSky dual-satellite commissioning process in the company's history," said Nick Merski, BlackSky chief operations officer. "Within one ...
US Senators urge Biden Admin to toughen response to incidents in space
Dec 01, 2021 (Sputnik)
"The space domain is essential for the United States' modern economy. From fostering scientific discovery and planetary exploration to facilitating next-generat...
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