Search

Senate Wants Study of Alternate Heavy and Super Heavy Launch Sites

Senate Wants Study of Alternate Heavy and Super Heavy Launch Sites
Pictured is a United Launch Alliance photo of Vulcan’s liftoff on Aug. 12 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. for the rocket’s national security debut launch.

Concern has arisen in the military space industry on what the U.S. can do if heavy pad launch sites at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Kennedy Space Station, Fla., or Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., go offline, even temporarily, due to severe storms brought on by shifting weather patterns or an attack along the lines of one last June when small quadcopter drones hidden in trucks took off to destroy Russian strategic bombers inside Russia during Ukraine’s "Operation Spider…

Subscriber-only content. Please log in below.

Not a subscriber or registered user yet?

Please contact us at clientservices@accessintel.com or call us at 888-707-5814 (Monday – Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and Friday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET.), to start a free trial, get pricing information, order a reprint, or post an article link on your website.



Congress Updates

Guetlein On Golden Dome: ‘We Cannot Protect This Nation And Bankrupt It At The Same Time’

While there has been criticism among missile defense advocates of Golden Dome’s development pace after the signing of an executive order in January last year, Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein, […]


Interview with Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus

Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), a co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus in Congress and a member of the House Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces panel, discusses the transformative defense investments […]


Space Force PAE For Infrastructure Completing Move To Colorado Springs

U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) for infrastructure–a $4 billion contracting hub for SSC–is completing a move from Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif. to […]


Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Urge Trump Admin Support For Marines’ JLTV Second Supplier Effort

Wisconsin’s GOP congressional delegation is urging the Trump administration to support legislative language enabling the Marine Corps to potentially bring in a second Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) supplier. The […]