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SpaceNRO Launches One of Three Final Delta IV Heavy Rockets
The National Reconnaissance Office’s (NRO) NROL-91 mission lofted into orbit aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heacy rocket on Sept. 24–the fifth and final Delta IV Heavy launch […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Completes Analysis of Alternatives on Future GMTI
The U.S. Space Force has completed an analysis of alternatives (AoA) on future ground moving indication (GMTI), including the possibility of space-based GMTI, to replace the Northrop Grumman [NOC] E-8C […]
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Intelligence CommunityNGA Awards Maxar $44 Million To Continue Delivering Satellite Imagery
Maxar Technologies [MAXR] on Tuesday said it has received a $44 million contract option from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to continue providing satellite imagery to the government and other […]
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Business/FinancialPCX Aerosystems’ Buy of NuSpace, Inc. Is Fifth Announced Acquisition Since Last Year
Connecticut-based PCX Aerosystems said on Sept. 12 that it has bought NuSpace, Inc., “a leading-edge designer and manufacturer of proprietary propellant and high-pressure tanks for advanced satellite, launch vehicle spacecraft, […]
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Air ForceNational Academies Study Affirms DoD Concerns About Ligado 5G Network
Neither of two commonly used approaches to reduce significant interference with GPS receivers would work in the case of Ligado Networks‘ proposed 5G terrestrial wireless network in the L-band satellite […]
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SpaceFive Companies Developing Rocket Delivery for U.S. Transportation Command
Five companies have signed Cooperative Research & Development Agreements (CRADAs) with U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) to develop rockets to deliver cargo and personnel rapidly around the globe. SpaceX and BlueOrigin […]
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SpaceDoD, Intel Community Slow To Leverage Emerging Commercial Satellite Imagery, GAO Says
The intelligence community and Department of Defense have made limited use of emerging commercial satellite imaging capabilities such as radar but have been slow to make sustained use of these […]
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SpaceBAE Systems Announces Multi-Sensor Azalea Satellite Cluster for UK Military Intelligence
BAE Systems announced plans to launch its own multi-sensor satellite cluster called Azalea for U.K. military intelligence. Azalea is planned as a cluster of three multi-sensor satellites from BAE Systems and […]
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SpaceU.K. Ministry of Defense Publishes Space Power Doctrine
The U.K. Ministry of Defense published its first doctrine on national space power this month. The new UK Space Power doctrine brings together government policy and strategy “to provide a basis for […]
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SpaceBoeing, NASA Push First Crewed Starliner Flight to the ISS to 2023
NASA and Boeing have pushed back the first Starliner flight test with astronauts to February 2023, the agency said Thursday. The flight was previously expected in December of this year. […]