MILITARY SPACE - SKY NIGHTLY

Orbital ATK-Designed Satellites Demonstrate Affordable Access to Space for U.S. Air Force

Apr 17, 2018 (SPX)

The AFSCPC-11 mission included a second company designed satellite, Mycroft, which is among several Department of Defense experiments hosted on the EAGLE platfo...

New Reality in Space Driving Change in European Defense Policy

Apr 17, 2018 (SPX)

These new realities are forcing a change to the status quo. NATO for example has recognized these threats, and has increased its budget for space capabilities a...

China, Russia's Sophisticated Anti-Satellite Capabilities Alarms US

Apr 17, 2018 (Sputnik)

Evidence "strongly indicates" that "China has sustained a broad effort to develop a broad range of counter-space capabilities," the US-based Secure World Founda...

United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches AFSPC-11 Mission for the U.S. Air Force

Apr 15, 2018 (SPX)

The forward payload is referred to as CBAS (Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM) and the aft spacecraft is EAGLE (EELV Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) Augme...

US Air Force Increases Focus on Space

Apr 13, 2018 (SPX)

"The Air Force's FY-19 budget accelerates our efforts to deter, defend and prevail against anyone who seeks to deny our ability to freely operate in space," Gen...

AFPSC-11 Mission Set to Launch

Apr 13, 2018 (SPX)

A live feed will begin 20 minutes prior to the launch at 6:53 p.m. EDT and concluding approximately 45 minutes following launch. The AFSPC-11 mission team is le...

Nomad GCS and Kymeta Government Solutions Join Forces to Bring COTM to Mobile Command Centers and Communication Vehicles

Apr 13, 2018 (SPX)

Nomad will continue to lead innovation in the connected mobile operations center market by offering Kymeta KyWay terminals, KyWay Go mobile units, and KALO inte...

CBAS Space Vehicle Completes Launch Base Testing

Apr 12, 2018 (SPX)

The U.S. Air Force is scheduled to launch the CBAS satellite and the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) Augmented Geosync...

Air Force establishes Pentagon-based AFSPC vice commander position

Apr 09, 2018 (SPX)

In this new Pentagon-based role, Thompson will report directly to Gen. Jay Raymond, AFSPC commander, while coordinating with Headquarters U.S. Air Force and oth...

'Star Wars Architect' reveals means to destroy Russia's new superweapons

Apr 06, 2018 (Sputnik)

Angelo Codevilla, one of the architects of Washington's now moth-balled Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), has suggested that some SDI elements could help cont...

Air Force Secretary Wilson highlights space mission at AFA breakfast

Apr 03, 2018 (AFNS)

"The FY19 budget that we presented builds on what we did with the FY18 budget," said Wilson. "It accelerates defendable space and will accelerate capabilities t...

Pentagon looks to counter ever-stealthier warfare

Mar 24, 2018 (AFP)

Now, thanks to rapid advances by Russia and China, the gap has shrunk, and the Pentagon is looking at how a future conflict with a "near-peer" competitor might ...

45th Launch Group streamlines processes, optimizes mission assurance during organizational change

Mar 22, 2018 (SPX)

Prior to the merger, the members who worked on the United Launch Alliance Atlas and Delta launch vehicles were a part of the 5th SLS under separate flights. How...

The U.S. Space Force

Mar 20, 2018 (SPX)

Over the last several years the space domain has been getting very congested and contested by multiple not-so-friendly adversaries. Yes, space is big, but it is...

GovSat-1 satellite goes operational

Mar 20, 2018 (SPX)

The multi-mission satellite is operated by GovSat from the Secure Mission Operations Centre in Luxembourg. The highly flexible and resilient GovSat-1 payload us...

Spaceflight Industries finalizes alliance to manufacture geospatial smallsats at scale

Mar 14, 2018 (SPX)

This investment is part of an overall fundraising effort of $150 million from several sources which include The Space Alliance, existing investors, and Mitsui a...

Trump pushes for new 'space force'

Mar 13, 2018 (AFP)

Trump told troops at the Miramar Marine Corps Air Station near San Diego that the new group would be able to encapsulate the "tremendous amount" of work the mil...

BlackSky readies to launch its first Earth Imaging Smallsat

Mar 07, 2018 (SPX)

The Global series of spacecraft builds on the success of BlackSky's initial technology demonstration spacecraft, called Pathfinder, which was launched in Septem...

18th SPCS stands guard over space

Mar 07, 2018 (SPX)

"Space superiority isn't a birthright. It must be secured and preserved," Lt. Gen. David Buck, former 14th Air Force commander, said at the Air Force Research L...

Russia eyes military satellite grouping to counter US space warfare plans

Mar 07, 2018 (Sputnik)

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu emphasized Tuesday that Russia must deploy a modern orbital constellation of military satellites to support the army and ...