Space
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Air ForceThird SBIRS Satellite Shipped To Florida For October Launch
The Air Force and Lockheed Martin [LMT] shipped the third Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) missile-warning satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., last week for its fall launch. […]
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Air ForceAir Force Emphasizing Contract Execution In GPS III-3 RFP
Most of the changes the Air Force made to spur competition in its third Global Positioning System III (GPS III-3) launch-mission solicitation focused on contract execution, according to a key […]
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SpaceFAA Approves Moon Express Lunar Mission
The FAA on July 20 approved Moon Express’ lunar mission, which the company called the first time the federal government has given a private enterprise permission to travel beyond earth’s […]
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Air ForceAir Force Releases GPS III-3 Launch RFP
The Air Force on Wednesday released the request for proposals (RFP) for its Global Positioning System III-3 (GPS III-3) launch scheduled for February 2019. This launch competition is important because […]
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Navy/USMCPropulsion Problem Plagues Navy’s MUOS-5 Satellite
The fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS-5) communications satellite experienced a “failure” in its orbit-raising propulsion system while being transferred from its initial orbit to its final orbit June 29, the […]
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Air ForceGAO Expresses Pessimism That PDSA Will Truly Improve DoD Space Acquisition
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently expressed pessimism that the Defense Department’s new Principal Deputy Space Adviser (PDSA) could truly improve how the Pentagon procures space programs. In a report […]
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SpaceGAO Finds SLS With Little Room For Error Due To Core Stage
The core stage development schedule for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) remains aggressive and any additional delays will threaten the program’s internal goal of launch readiness by September 2018, according […]
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Air ForceAir Force Deems DMSP Flight 19 Unrepairable, Unrecoverable
The Air Force on Monday said a weather satellite that stopped responding to commands in February is not repairable and that it wouldn’t take further action toward recovery. The Air […]
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Air ForceNanoRacks Doing Business With DoD By Launching Satellites Off ISS
NanoRacks, a company doing business on the International Space Station (ISS), has launched roughly six Defense Department payloads into space via ISS, a company official told Defense Daily. Kirk Woellert, […]
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International
State Department Official Says U.S., China ‘Making Progress’ In Space Security, Sustainability Issues
The United States and China have made “significant progress” on space security and sustainability issues in recent years, according to a key State Department official. Assistant Secretary of State for […]