Space

The Department of Defense (DoD) wants to make sure its future ground system for government satellites, known as the Enterprise Ground Segment (EGS), makes cyber security a much bigger priority […]

The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with United Launch Alliance (ULA) as part of the effort to certify […]

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) founder Elon Musk is aiming for a $200,000 per person price tag for getting to Mars, he said Tuesday during an unveiling of his plan […]

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) continues to expand its use of commercial satellite imagery, exemplified by the agency’s recent contract award to Silicon Valley firm Planet, the head of NGA said […]

Rocket Lab completed its launch site in New Zealand, which the company called the world’s first private orbital launch complex. Located on the Mahia Peninsula, Launch Complex 1 will be […]

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) is suggesting a large breach in the cryogenic helium system of the Falcon 9’s second stage liquid oxygen tank was the cause of its early […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—United Launch Alliance (ULA) submitted a bid for the Air Force’s Global Positioning System III-3 (GPS III-3) launch mission, potentially giving the service competition for launch it so […]

The Army is considering a demonstration constellation comprised of a ring of small satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for telecommunications services. The potential constellation, known as the Army Global […]

Blue Origin unveiled in a company newsletter on Monday its new large orbital rocket, the New Glenn, named after the first American to orbit Earth, John Glenn. Company founder Jeff […]

The Air Force, which is trying to shift away from large satellites and field smaller, more numerous ones instead, plans to create a more frequent and predictable launch schedule to […]