The U.S. Space Force is set to launch the fifth Space Based Infrared System satellite on May 17 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket. The SBIRS GEO-5 satellite was built by Lockheed Martin in December and was sent to Cape Canaveral, Florida, last week ahead of its launch. Lockheed touted SBIRS GEO-5 as […]
Rep. Mike Rogers, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, said the Space Force is making progress in its establishment of an acquisition office as directed by Congress. Rogers said the Space Force has recruited space procurement veteran Ellen Pawlikowski to help establish the acquisition office, SpaceNews reported Monday. Pawlikowski is a retired four-star general […]
Bluestaq, a technology firm headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, has received a contract worth $280 million from the U.S. Space Force in support of the Unified Data Library project. Under the contract, Bluestaq, which focuses on data management systems, data analytics and software, is tasked to expand the library of space objects that enable data […]
LinQuest has secured a $200 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide services in support of U.S. Space Force directorates and offices in the Colorado Springs area. Under the terms of the Operations Capability II Space Force contract, LinQuest will support the service’s inspector general and test and evaluation offices, as well as the Operations and Communications […]
The Government Accountability Office announced that it will conduct a review of the Air Force’s decision-making process for transferring U.S. Space Command’s headquarters from Colorado to Alabama. GAO’s move was in response to a request by Rep. Doug Lamborn in February. In a letter to GAO, Lamborn said the Air Force’s decision to move the […]
NASA has been added to the White House National Climate Task Force, which consists of cabinet leaders and senior administration officials tasked with mobilizing the Biden administration’s governmentwide approach to climate change. As a member of the task force, NASA brings expertise in observing and understanding environmental changes to Earth. Data collected from NASA satellites […]
A decommissioned satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has broken up in orbit. According to the Space Force’s 18th Space Control Squadron, the NOAA-17 satellite, which was operational from 2002 to 2013, broke up on March 18. There are no indications a collision caused the breakup, the 18th SPCS added. The squadron […]
Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Space Force are gearing up for the launch of a solid-fueled Pegasus rocket by early summer. The TacRL-2 mission will launch the rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The mission is part of the USSF’s Tactically Responsive Launch program, Spaceflight Now reported. The air-launched Pegasus rocket was designed […]
Boeing announced that the core stage it built for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket completed hot-fire testing on Thursday. The hot-fire test was conducted at NASA’s Stennis Space Center as part of the SLS rocket’s Green Run test campaign on the B-2 test stand, Boeing said. John Shannon, Boeing’s SLS vice president and program manager, […]
Agile Decision Sciences, an ASRC Federal subsidiary, has secured the $74.8 million Spectrum and Resource Management, Engineering and Programmatic Support Services contract from NASA. Under the terms of the SpectRE contract, ADS will provide a wide range of services to support NASA’s Space Communication and Navigation division, which operates within the space agency’s Human Exploration […]
