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exactEarth to provide Advanced AIS services for MDA's Dark Vessel Detection Program
Mar 04, 2021 (SPX)
IUU fishing is a global problem that results in significant economic loss - estimated at $23 billion per year by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada -...
Space Force chief: Space is a national security issue
Mar 03, 2021 (UPI)
Gen. John Raymond told a virtual conference of the National Press Club that a statement in February by White House press secretary Jen Psaki, indicating support...
Russia launches its first Arctic monitoring satellite
Feb 28, 2021 (AFP)
Video published by the Russian space agency showed the Soyuz blaster launching against grey skies at 0655 GMT, carrying an Arktika-M satellite. Space agency chi...
US Space Force Chief Sees 'Fused Connection' With Commercial Industry as Key to Success
Feb 26, 2021 (AFNS)
A top US Space Force official has praised the falling costs of space flight in recent years, saying that nearly all of its space activities are now capable of b...
War in Space - 2021
Feb 26, 2021 (SPX)
Military organizations rely on many of these satellites in support of modern warfare. The three main contenders in space are the US, China and Russia. It is ent...
CSO Raymond and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson discuss future of the Space Force
Feb 26, 2021 (AFNS)
As the Space Force perseveres through its second year as the newest branch of service, the two discussed the value, threats and complex challenges that accompan...
China launches new satellites to survey electromagnetic environment
Feb 24, 2021 (XNA)
The satellites were carried by a Long March 4C rocket. It was the 361st flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series, the launch center said. Having e...
USAF: Anti-jamming tests of military communications satellites a success
Feb 19, 2021 (UPI)
The Space and Missile Systems Center, headquartered at Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., said the tests will provide advanced anti-jamming support for the Wid...
US Space Force faces pop culture ridicule
Feb 19, 2021 (The Conversation)
But a quick internet search shows that for most people, the Space Force is more a meme than a military branch. It has been the subject of jokes on "Saturday Nig...
AFRL Officers transfer to US Space Force in historic ceremony
Feb 10, 2021 (SPX)
Col. Eric Felt, director of the AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate, presided over the ceremony. Distinguished guests, Maj. Gen. William "Neil" McCasland, USAF (ret...
USAF's Red Flag 21-1 exercise involves space, cyberspace elements
Feb 08, 2021 (UPI)
One of the branch's largest exercises, the annual event, this year known as Red Flag 21-1, includes the involvement of the Air Force, the U.S. Space Force, the ...
NATO picks France's Toulouse for new military space 'Center of Excellence'
Feb 08, 2021 (Sputnik)
The North Atlantic alliance has selected the French city of Toulouse to host its new higher education center for military space affairs. NATO announced on Thurs...
Head of US Space Force says not many understand its purpose
Feb 04, 2021 (Sputnik)
The Chief of Space Operations General Jay Raymond said that there might be a public relations issue with the newest military branch, as the relation between wha...
SpaceX launches spy satellite from California
Feb 02, 2021 (UPI)
Liftoff occurred as planned at 12:27 p.m. PST from Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base about 160 miles west of Los Angeles. The NROL-87 mission was the fi...
SecAF selects Huntsville, Alabama, as preferred location to host USSPACECOM
Jan 15, 2021 (AFNS)
The Department of the Air Force conducted both virtual and on-site visits to assess which of six candidate locations would be best suited to host the U.S. Space...
Low-orbit, crewed equatorial space control stations
Jan 15, 2021 (SPX)
These were referred to as Salyut 2, Salyut 3 and Salyut 5. To camouflage their real mission the three stations were designated as civilian Salyut space stations...
Future Space Control
Jan 12, 2021 (SPX)
The mission of the USSF is to assure freedom of sustained operations in space, and access to and from space. In other words, the mission is to protect the space...
DNI Ratcliffe welcomes US Space Force as 18th Intelligence Community Member
Jan 12, 2021 (AFNS)
During an afternoon ceremony, Ratcliffe and Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. "Jay" Raymond announced the designation of the intelligence element of the U....
Umbra Drops Lab and Prepares for Launch
Jan 11, 2021 (SPX)
The United States Patent Office has issued Umbra's patent for a next generation small satellite antenna which allows the company's satellites to capture imagery...
SEAKR demonstrates DARPA Pit Boss hardware on-orbit in 9 months
Jan 11, 2021 (SPX)
As Pit Boss prime, SEAKR supports the Blackjack program with two risk reduction demonstration flights as Low Earth Orbit (LEO) rideshares. The first demonstrati...
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