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SpacePentagon Confirms Nearly $23 Million Annual Contract for Ukraine Starlink Service
While SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk has attached an annual price tag of $400 million on what it costs to provide Starlink communications service to Ukraine, SpaceX is unlikely […]
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SpaceNRO Set To Launch First Phase Of Proliferated Space Architecture
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—In early May, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) expects to launch the first phase of its planned proliferated space architecture that aims to significantly expand the number of […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Command Invites More Allies To Join Ongoing Operation
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—U.S. allies Germany, France, and New Zealand have been invited to join U.S. Space Command’s Operation Olympic Defender (OOD), which already includes Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, […]
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SpaceLockheed Martin’s Pony Express 2 Satellites In Orbit, Preparing For All-Domain C2 Demos
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Two small satellites developed by Lockheed Martin [LMT] to demonstrate the use of space for joint all domain command and control (JADC2) were successfully launched into orbit last […]
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SpaceDefense Department Space Industrial Base Report Recommends More Spending On Commercial Remote Sensing
The U.S. government should expand its spending on commercial remote sensing and related data analytics to help this sector of the space industrial base grow, says a new report by […]
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SpacePentagon Finishing Work On New International Space Cooperation Strategy, Plumb Says
The Pentagon is nearing the final touches on a new strategy focused on international space cooperation, with the department’s lead policy official citing increased work with allies and partners on […]
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DoD Releases Strategy To Bolster Efforts To Leverage Commercial Space Sector
The Defense Department on Tuesday released its first Commercial Space Integration Strategy that outlines priorities for pursuing commercial solutions and describes the national security space mission areas where these capabilities […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyLockheed Martin Makes Venture Investment In Space Propulsion Company Helicity
Helicity Space, a small startup developing fusion space propulsion and power technology, on Tuesday said it has received an investment from Lockheed Martin Ventures that will be used to advance […]
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SpaceSpace Force Seeks Missile Warning, Other Support for Ops Command
The U.S. Space Force last week asked feedback on missile warning, missile defense, and space-based weather support for its Space Operations Command (SpOC) as the service develops an acquisition strategy […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Field Command Heads Meet on Future Plans
Last week, the new heads of U.S. Space Force’s three field commands–Space Systems Command (SSC), Space Operations Command (SpOC), and Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM)–met in Colorado Springs to […]