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Big Delta Heavy rocket launches U.S. spy satellite
Apr 26, 2021 (UPI)
The United Launch Alliance rocket was launched at 4:47 p.m. EDT from Complex 6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, about 160 miles northwest of Los Angeles. After one...
New Tactical ISR Satellites Provide Global, Persistent Support For Warfighters
Apr 14, 2021 (SPX)
These satellites, based on Lockheed Martin's LM 400 mid-size bus, enable tactical warfighters to track moving targets at long ranges and operate in contested an...
Chinese Foreign Ministry calls for promptly starting talks on space arms control
Apr 14, 2021 (Sputnik)
"We are calling on the international community to start negotiations and reach agreement on arms control in order to ensure space safety as soon as possible," Z...
Lavrov calls for talks on binding treaty to prohibit weapons in space
Apr 13, 2021 (Sputnik)
The anniversary of the first Soviet cosmonaut's flight, marking the beginning of humanity's space era, is celebrated every year in Russia as Cosmonautics Day on...
Space Systems Command geared to deliver swift, responsive space capabilities
Apr 09, 2021 (SPX)
SSC will rapidly identify, prototype, and field innovative, space-based solutions to deliver swift and responsive space capabilities to meet the demands of the ...
SpaceX to launch spysat from Vandenberg base next week
Apr 08, 2021 (UPI)
The rocket is expected to lift off between 5:59 a.m. and 7:25 a.m. on April 15 from Space Launch Complex-4 East. NROL-85 will be the first NRO mission to reuse ...
Test Pilot School graduates first Space Test Fundamentals class
Apr 08, 2021 (SPX)
Gen. John W. "Jay" Raymond, the U.S. Space Force chief of space operations, was on-hand to give the graduation address. "You were handpicked from a pool of over...
Pentagon building autonomous daytime telescopes for tracking enemy satellites
Apr 08, 2021 (Sputnik)
The US Air Force has invested in half a dozen advanced daytime ground-based telescopes it intends to use for tracking satellites in orbit. Todd Brost, director ...
Lockheed Martin expands quick, affordable launch capability with ABL Block Buy
Apr 06, 2021 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin benefits from ABL's lower-cost launch vehicle by accelerating risk reduction with demonstration missions, which lay the groundwork for future la...
SBIRS GEO Flight 5: RocketShip delivers Atlas V for Space Force launch
Apr 02, 2021 (SPX)
The Atlas V booster stage and Centaur upper stage left the ULA manufacturing facility in Decatur, AL, on March 23 aboard our unique custom-built rocket transpor...
An Australian 'space command' could be a force for good - or a cause for war
Apr 02, 2021 (SPX)
Having a dedicated space command will bring Australia into line with Canada, India, France and Japan, all of which recently created similar organisations within...
RAF reportedly braced for 'Space War' over claims Russia tested 'anti-satellite weapons'
Mar 23, 2021 (Sputnik)
Britain's Royal Air Force is facing an immediate need to "catch up with its adversaries", and prepare itself for a potential "space war", RAF senior officer Sir...
GAO to probe choice of Alabama as Space Command's headquarters
Mar 22, 2021 (UPI)
The GAO informed Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., of the decision, his office said on Friday. On Feb. 1, Lamborn was among several bipartisan Colorado legislators wh...
Department of Defense Awards Relativity Space New Responsive Launch Contract
Mar 17, 2021 (SPX)
This contract was awarded as a Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) Launch Enterprise follow-up effort to the DoD Space Test Program (STP) Rapid Agile Launch ...
'Warfighter Council' Guides Capability Development for Space Development Agency
Mar 17, 2021 (AFNS)
"We want to make sure that we address our customers," Derek Tournear said. "The customers, in this case, are the combatant commanders." The warfighter council m...
AFRL exchange officer leads international space collaboration
Mar 17, 2021 (AFNS)
Through the Department of Defense Engineer and Scientist Exchange program, Singleton has been working with the Space Program at the Defence Science and Technolo...
France runs satellite war game in European first
Mar 12, 2021 (AFP)
President Emmanuel Macron was to watch onsite as his military chiefs started to play out a four-day sequence in which an unnamed space-capable power attacks a n...
First Air Force selected as future air component of Space Command
Mar 11, 2021 (UPI)
"The U.S. Air Force is a critical contributor to the U.S. Space Command mission as evidenced by their support to Human Space Flight," said U.S. Army Gen. James ...
France conducts first military drills in space
Mar 09, 2021 (AFP)
Michel Friedling, the head of France's newly created Space Command, called the exercises a "stress test of our systems" and said they "were a first for the Fren...
Space Force integration critical to CJADC2 success
Mar 05, 2021 (AFNS)
The USAFE-AFAFRICA-led demonstration, which took place in the Baltic Sea region, incorporated the assistance of the 16th Space Control Squadron located at Peter...
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