Space
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SpaceNorthrop Grumman’s First Plane Of Transport Layer Satellites Set For Monday Launch
The Space Development Agency (SDA) early Monday morning plans to launch the first half of Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] 42 satellites that make up part of the data transport layer for […]
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SpaceNROL-97 Mission Features First Agency Use of Falcon Heavy Rocket
Late Thursday, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and System Delta 80 under the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command launched the NROL-97 mission, which the agency said marked its first […]
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SpaceVarda Launches Two Hypersonic Reentry Capsules On SpaceX Transporter-18 Mission
Varda Space Industries on Thursday said two of its space capsules that will return to Earth next month at hypersonic speeds were launched aboard a SpaceX [SPCX] Falcon 9 rocket […]
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SpaceMiller Tapped to Head SPACECOM, Oversee Move To Huntsville
The White House on Tuesday nominated Space Force Lt. Gen. David Miller for his fourth star as the head of U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM). Miller would replace Gen. Stephen Whiting […]
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21 Tranche 1, Transport Layer Satellites Delivered to Vandenberg, Northrop Grumman Says
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Monday that it has delivered 21 satellites to Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., for Tranche 1 of the U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency’s Transport […]
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Missile DefenseBaseline Designs for L3Harris’ Tranche 3 Missile Tracking Satellites Okayed
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] has completed a preliminary design review (PDR) for Tranche 3 of the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) future Tracking Layer against ballistic and hypersonic missiles, the company said […]
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SpaceImpulse Space Nabs $28 Million Award For Domain Awareness Mission
Fresh off winning a $28 million Space Force contract to demonstrate in-space maneuverability operations, Impulse Space this week said it won another $28 million award from the service to provide […]
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SpaceSpace Force Looking to Future for RPO-Docking to Counter Space Threats
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) is looking to fiscal 2029 and beyond to launch rapid VICTUS missions for rendezvous proximity operations and docking (RPO-D) to counter threats in […]
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True Anomaly and Northrop Grumman Aiming to Build GHOST-R Prototypes to Reduce RG-XX Costs
The Defense Innovation Unit and U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) have awarded True Anomaly and Northrop Grumman [NOC] Geosynchronous High-Resolution Optical Space-Based Tactical Reconnaissance (GHOST-R) prototype contracts to […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Pins Hopes on Space-Based Radar Systems, Northrop Grumman Building GMTI System
Moving target indication (MTI) from space has been a reconnaissance dream for decades–and a challenging one to achieve. Witness the National Reconnaissance Office’s (NRO) Discoverer II effort with the Air […]