Space
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SpaceGPS III Satellite Successfully Launched Into Orbit
The Space Force late Tuesday night successfully launched a GPS III satellite into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle, adding to the service’s constellation of more accurate and […]
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SpaceSpace Systems Command Looking Into Mission Operations Center For Space Data Network
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) is seeking companies’ input on a future Mission Operations Center for a Space Data Network (SDN)–a future mesh arrangement that chooses the optimal […]
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SpaceSSC Eyes Award Of First RG-XX Contracts Next Month Or March
Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) may award contracts by March for Geosynchronous Reconnaissance & Surveillance Constellation (RG-XX) satellites, which are to be a successor to the Northrop Grumman [NOC]-built […]
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SpaceAFRL Selects Aalyria For Space Data Network Experimentation Program
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) will evaluate Aalyria’s Spacetime network orchestration software as a candidate for a future “network of networks” concept under a new selection announced last Thursday. […]
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SpaceStop Work Order Issued To AeroVironment For SCAR Antennas
The Pentagon issued a stop work order to AeroVironment [AVAV] a week ago for its production of Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource (SCAR) antennas for the U.S. Space Force. The government […]
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SpaceAs U.S. Space Force CASR Gets Underway, “Definitely Some Gaps” In War Risk Insurance
The Pentagon’s policy shop and the Air Force general counsel have completed a study on approaches to providing financial back up for DoD-used commercial space systems that suffer damage during […]
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SpaceAfter Review Of 60 Programs Last Year, 2026 Is SSC’s Year Of Execution, Purdy Says
In 2022, U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command got guidance from Frank Calvelli, then the Space Force’s service acquisition executive (SAE), to move to fixed-price contracts, limit non-recurring engineering costs, […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyStratolaunch, Varda Space Selected As Launch Providers For Hypersonic Test Bed
The Defense Department and one of its technology accelerators have picked Stratolaunch and Varda Space Industries to provide reusable and recoverable launch services for a test bed aimed at increasing […]
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SpaceSDA Awards Starfish Space $53 Million For Deorbiting Services Of PWSA Satellites
Startup Starfish Space on Wednesday said it received a $52.5 million contract from the Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SCA) to provide deorbit-as-a-service (DaaS) for satellites within the agency’s constellation […]
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SpaceSpace GMTI Partially Moves To Procurement Funding Account
The Space Force effort to develop and field Ground Moving Target Indication (GMTI) satellites has partially moved to procurement. The Space Force requested more than $1 billion in research and […]