Space
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Air ForceSpace Force Launches Seventh GPS III, As Others Await Vulcan Certification
U.S. Space Force launched the seventh Lockheed Martin [LMT] Global Positioning System III (GPS III) satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Monday night from Cape Canaveral Space Force […]
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Intelligence CommunityNRO Successfully Launches Last Proliferated Architecture Mission Of 2024
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on Tuesday morning successfully launched its sixth and final proliferated satellite architecture mission of the year, marking 10 total missions in the last 19 months […]
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SpaceRogers Says He Favors Budget Boost for U.S. Space Force, Opposes ‘Endless’ Cost Plus Contracts
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) says he favors an increase in U.S. Space Force numbers, including more general officers and personnel with acquisition experience and the service’s […]
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SpaceSpaceX Proposing 25 Starship/Super Heavy Launches Annually
SpaceX wants the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to approve 25 annual launches of the company-touted reusable Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy boosters from SpaceX’s Starbase near Boca Chica, Texas. That […]
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Business/FinancialBoeing Taps Former Terran, Virgin Orbit Executive To Lead Millennium Space Systems
Boeing [BA] on Monday said it hired Tony Gingiss as the new CEO of its small satellite business, Millennium Space Systems, effective Dec. 9. Millennium was being led on an […]
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SpaceNext-Gen OPIR GEO Enters System Testing
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said that its first Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) Block 0 satellite has advanced to system level testing at the company’s plant […]
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SpaceL3Harris Announces Completion of PDR for Company’s Tranche 2, Tracking Layer Satellites
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] said on Tuesday that it had finished Preliminary Design Review (PDR) to develop 18 satellites with infrared payloads for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) […]
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SpaceAcceleration of Commercial Space for National Security Likely Under Trump
The incoming administration of President-elect Trump is likely to propose a ramping up of commercial space to serve national security needs, according to a new paper from the National Security […]
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SpaceRocket Lab Launched Hypersonic Test Last Month, Company Says
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. [RKLB] said on Dec. 9 that it launched a suborbital mission last month to test hypersonic technology for the Pentagon’s Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonics Test Bed […]
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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 […]