Space
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SpaceBrig. Gen. Middleton: US Space Force Could Use a ‘Better Milsatcom Strategy’
PARIS — Acquiring resilient satellite communications lies at the heart of the U.S. Space Force’s commercial space strategy, but according to Brig. Gen. Jacob Middleton, Commander of U.S. Space Forces in Europe and […]
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SpaceSpace Force Chief Touts Success Of TacSRT Pathfinder Using Commercial Products
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—A pilot program that leverages commercial satellite imagery and related analytics to create more situational awareness for combatant commanders on “tactically relevant timelines” has proven its worth, the […]
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SpaceSDA Marks Further Progress With Space-Based Optical Communications
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—The Space Development Agency (SDA) continues to advance the communications capabilities of its first batch of satellites on orbit as part of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA), […]
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SpaceApex To Begin Deliveries Of New Satellite Bus In 2025
Spacecraft bus developer and manufacturer Apex on Monday said it will begin deliveries in 2025 of its newest product launch, Nova, an ESPA-Grande class satellite bus that can host payloads […]
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SpaceNGA Selects 10 Vendors To Compete Under $290 Million Luno A Global Monitoring Program
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) last Friday selected 10 companies to compete for task orders under a potential five-year, $290 million contract seeking commercial data and analytic services that monitor […]
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SpaceCongressional Appropriators Cut Epoch 1 Missile Warning/Missile Tracking to Account for Termination of RTX Contract
House and Senate appropriators are advising cutting the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC)’s Missile Warning/Missile Tracking Epoch 1 program for Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)–also known as Missile Track […]
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SpaceNext Generation OPIR Polar Program Completes Critical Design Review For Ground Segment
Several months after successfully completing a critical design review (CDR) for a satellite system that will monitor the northern hemisphere for emerging and advanced missile threats, U.S. Space Systems Command […]
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SpaceAnduril To Launch Space-Based Testbed In 2025
Building on the company’s existing work in the space domain, Anduril Industries in late 2025 plans to launch into space an integrated system for testing communication, spacecraft teaming, and more, […]
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Air ForceImages from Space for Maven Depend on Analysis of Tiny Field of View
Images from space of objects and human patterns of behavior depend on the analysis of tiny fields of view to provide targeting insights to military commanders under Maven, Vice Adm. […]
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Air ForceU.S. Space Force Wants Congressional Restoration of ‘Resiliency’ Funding in Fiscal 2025
The U.S. Space Force wants the final fiscal 2025 defense appropriations bill to protect the service’s accounts for “resilient architecture,” denoting improved navigation satellites and multi-orbit missile warning and communications […]
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