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SpaceNRO Issues Solicitation for Hyperspectral Imagery
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has issued a solicitation for the commercial provision of hyperspectral imagery. NRO Director Chris Scolese announced the new NRO effort during a Nov. 15 Leadership […]
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SpaceNASA Launches Artemis I Mission With SLS Rocket
NASA successfully launched the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket early Wednesday morning in the Artemis I mission, earning launch heritage for the vehicle that has long been in development and delayed. […]
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SpaceSDA Seeks Industry Aid on Advanced Tactical Datalink and Waveforms for Tranche 2 Transport Layer Satellites
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) wants industry help to develop the agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 2 Demonstration and Experimentation System (T2DES) satellites for first launch in September […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyBoeing Tests Anti-Jamming Prototype for Protected SATCOM, As PTS-P Competition with Northrop Grumman Continues
Boeing [BA] said on Nov. 15 that its engineers recently tested a Protected Tactical Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Prototype (PTS-P) for the U.S. Space Force to prevent the jamming of DoD […]
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SpaceCybersecurity is Uniquely Critical to the Space Domain, Space Force Official Says
The U.S. needs to be ready to defend itself in cyberspace against Russia and China’s cyber capabilities, an official with U.S. Space Force warned last week. Col. John Smail, who […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyHundreds of Future Satellites May Get GPS-Type Payloads
Hundreds of future satellties under the National Defense Space Architecture (NDSA) may carry GPS-type payloads to complement, improve, and back-up GPS satellites, per the Department of the Air Force Space […]
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SpaceNRO Expects to Release Hyperspectral Satellite RFP By the End of 2022
RESTON, VA — The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is close to finishing a request for proposal (RFP) to acquire commercial hyperspectral satellite data and hopes to release the solicitation by the end […]
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CyberCyberSatGov Panelists Debate Landscape of a Potential New Cold War in Space
RESTON, Va. — The United States is in a new Cold War era. It may be a bold statement, but it is one that the vast majority of attendees at the […]
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SpaceSpaceX Launches Falcon Heavy Mission for US Space Force
SpaceX launched a Falcon Heavy rocket on Tuesday morning in a mission for the U.S. Space Force — the first Falcon Heavy mission in more than three years. The Falcon Heavy took off from […]
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SpaceSpire Wins DARPA Contract to Design ‘Ouija’ Satellite
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Spire Global a contract to design a satellite to carry sensors to measure the ionosphere. The contract is part of DARPA’s Ouija program that aims to […]