ORLANDO, Fla. – SpaceX has managed to bring the unit cost down to build its Starlink broadband internet satellites, but needs to do the same for its forthcoming Starship launch vehicle to achieve true cost savings to send the systems to orbit, leader Elon Musk said Feb. 28. It is now less costly ...
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PROMONTORY, Utah —Northrop Grumman [NOC] on Thursday conducted a successful first test of the second stage motor for its OmegA launch vehicle, a critical step as the company prepares for the first certification flight in spring 2021. The OmegA rocket is Northrop Grumman’s offering for the ...
The U.S. military is pushing for increased funding for its program to field next-generation early missile warning satellites in fiscal year 2021, as the Air Force and the nascent Space Force under it hope to field new systems by the mid-2020s. The Space Force requested $2.3 billion in ...
The Air Force has outlined $3.2 billion worth of programs it did not include in the fiscal year 2021 Presidential Budget request in its annual unfunded priorities list to Congress, including advanced technology research and development, new F-35 Joint Strike Fighters and space and cyber activities. ...
The Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has released a request for information (RFI) and industry day announcement related to a future program to build a new deep space radar system that could be worth nearly $1 billion over the next five years. The Deep Space Advanced Radar Concept (DARC) will ...
The U.S. Space Force has completed a new service vision for enterprise satellite communications (SATCOM) that seeks to eliminate traditional stovepipes for system acquisition and allow for rapid employment of new technologies in the commercial sector. Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, Space Force chief ...
