Space
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SpaceAir Force Successfully Launches CubeSat Program Aboard Northrop Grumman Antares Rocket
The Air Force and the Aerospace Corp. launched an experimental cube satellite project aboard a Northrop Grumman [NOC] Antares rocket Nov. 2, hitching a ride with NASA’s NG-12 Cygnus mission […]
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Air ForceAir Force to Submit Revised Space C2 Strategy to Pentagon in November
The Air Force will soon provide the Defense Department with details of how it plans to procure new space command-and-control systems, per a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released […]
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Missile DefenseFour Companies Win Prototype Hypersonic Tracking Contracts
Four companies won $20 million contracts last week each to develop prototype payload designs for the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) program. Northrop Grumman [NOC], Leidos [LDOS], L3Harris […]
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Air ForceX-37B Space Plane Lands Back on Earth after Over Two Years in Orbit
The Air Force said Oct. 27 that its X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Mission 5 has successfully landed after more than two years in orbit, breaking its own record. The fifth […]
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SpaceFirst GPS Satellite Connects to Lockheed-Built Ground Control Software Update
The Air Force’s first on-orbit GPS III satellite successfully connected to its upgraded Contingency Operations Program (COps) Oct. 21, said the service and program contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT]. The COps […]
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SpaceBlue Origin Taps Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Draper for NASA Human Landing System
Blue Origin has signed teaming agreements with multiple major defense contractors for its offering for a new Human Landing System under NASA’s Artemis program to bring U.S. astronauts back to […]
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CongressSpace Development Agency Moving Ahead with Stand-Up Efforts During CR
The Pentagon’s relatively new Space Development Agency (SDA) is continuing its planned efforts related to building new space-based sensor layers over the next five years as Congress works through fiscal […]
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Navy/USMCMUOS Full Operational After Finishing Test And Eval Phase
The Navy’s new narrowband satellite communications system finished a test and evaluation phase, marking it as fully operational and assessed as operationally effective and suitable. The Navy’s Mobile User Objective […]
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SpaceNext-Gen GEO Missile Warning System Finishes Preliminary Design Review
The Air Force’s Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Geosynchronous Earth Orbiting (GEO) early missile warning satellite program finished its system/ground and space vehicle preliminary design review (PDR) last month, […]
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Air ForceAir Force Taps Eight Companies to Compete for Launch Services Worth $986 Million
The Air Force awarded eight companies the chance to compete for up to $986 million in launch services as part of the the Orbital Service Program (OSP)-4 effort to rapidly […]