Space
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SpaceNorthrop Grumman and Firefly Aerospace Teaming to Develop New Rocket
Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Texas-based Firefly Aerospace are teaming to build a first stage upgrade for the Antares rocket and a new rocket for commerical, civil, and national security purposes. […]
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Air ForceAFSOC Plans to Test Starlink Satellites to Aid Operations
Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) plans to conduct tests using SpaceX Starlink low Earth orbit (LEO) communications satellites to aid operations. A partially redacted Aug. 5 business notice said […]
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SpaceATLAS Space Command and Control System Tested by U.S. Space Force
U.S. Space Force conducted testing of the L3Harris Technologies’ [LHX] Advanced Tracking and Launch Analysis System (ATLAS) in June and July, as Space Force moves to operationalize ATLAS to replace the […]
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SpaceFinal Planned SBIRS Satellite Launches from Cape Canaveral
The U.S. Space Force on Aug. 4 launched the sixth Lockheed Martin [LMT] Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO)-6 satellite, the final planned SBIRS missile warning satellite, […]
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SpaceStudy by NRO and Department of Air Force on Space-Based Radar Ongoing
Collaboration by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the Department of the Air Force on a Space-Based Radar study continues to fulfill one of Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall’s operational […]
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Business/FinancialLockheed Martin Ventures Participates In Funding Round For Xona Space
Xona Space Systems, a small company developing low earth orbit (LEO) satellites for global positioning and navigation services as an alternative to the GPS constellation, has closed a new funding […]
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SpaceLockheed Martin to Launch Three Satellites in 2023 to Advance Joint All-Domain Operations
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said that it plans to launch three company developed satellites next year to help demonstrate Joint All-Domain Operations (JADO). The effort is part of the company’s Space-Augmented […]
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SpaceSpace Systems Command Surveys Industry on Software to Support Object Detection and Tracking
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) is surveying industry on software concepts to buttress new systems for the space domain awareness mission conducted by various units, including the 18th […]
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SpaceIsotropic Systems Rebrands to All.Space Ahead of ‘Swiss Army Knife’ Terminal Rollout
Isotropic Systems is changing its name to All.Space ahead of the rollout of its ‘smart terminal,’ which the company hopes will differentiate the value of satellite capacity in the telecoms world and grow […]
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Air ForceSenate Draft Appropriations Bill Adds More Than $900 Million for Missile Warning Architecture
Senate appropriators are backing the acceleration of a DoD space architecture that prioritizes low and medium Earth orbit satellites for detecting and monitoring hypersonic missiles and devising targeting solutions. In […]