Space
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Air ForceFielding Working Satellite Ground Systems First Priority in House-Senate Language
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration Frank Calvelli has said that it makes no sense to field cutting-edge satellites without the requisite ground systems in […]
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SpaceWittman and Graves Prod FAA to Rectify ‘Extensive Delays’ in Commercial Launch Licensing
Two House Armed Services Committee (HASC) members, Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.), want the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to take immediate action to shorten the commercial […]
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SpaceTrump NASA Nominee: ‘The Second Space Age Has Only Just Begun’
President-elect Trump on Wednesday nominated 41-year-old Jared Isaacman, a private astronaut/pilot and the billionaire founder of the Shift4 [FOUR] payments processing company, as the next administrator of the National Aeronautics […]
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SpaceEPS-R Arctic Communications Payloads Operational, Northrop Grumman Says
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Monday the company’s two Enhanced Polar System – Recapitalization (EPS-R) payloads for U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command are operational. The EPS-Rs were part of […]
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SpaceFifth NRO Mission in Proliferated Architecture Launched from Vandenberg
NROL-126–the fifth mission for the National Reconnaissance Office’s (NRO) proliferated constellation–lofted into orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., in the wee hours of […]
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SpaceNOAA Awards Slingshot Aerospace Small Contract For Space Traffic User Interface
Slingshot Aerospace on Monday received a potential $13.3 million contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) to develop the user interface for a new space traffic coordination system […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Targets September Next Year for ATLAS IOC
The U.S. Space Force said this week that it has informed Congress that September next year will mark initial operational capability (IOC) of the L3Harris [LHX] Advancing Tracking and Launch […]
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SpaceSpaceX’s Starshield Has Received Most Task Orders in $660 Million for Space Force pLEO Services So Far
Military forces’ demand for Proliferated low Earth orbit (PLEO) services outstripped what U.S. Space Force expected, and the service has already divvied out $660 million in communications task orders–the majority […]
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SpaceSome GPS Launches Awaiting Vulcan Certification
The U.S. Space Force has launched six Lockheed Martin [LMT] GPS III satellites, and the company has been storing four GPS IIIs in Littleton, Colo. The 31-satellite GPS constellation “is […]
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SpaceSpace Force Awards Anduril $100 Million To Network Space Surveillance Sites
Anduril Industries on Thursday said that U.S. Space Force has awarded the company a potential $99.7 million contract to provide its Lattice operating system as a mesh networking capability for […]
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