The U.S. Space Command has adopted a new strategy to ensure that the United States remains a leader in ensuring a safe, secure and sustainable domain amid increasing threats. On Tuesday, U.S. Space Force Gen. Stephen Whiting, commander of the Space Command, introduced Strategic Vision, a document that aims to help the command gain the […]
Long Beach, California-based Rocket Lab USA has announced that it will conduct a dedicated mission for the National Reconnaissance Office within a launch window starting on March 20. Named “Live and Let Fly”, NROL-123 will take place at Launch Complex 2, a dedicated Electron rocket pad within NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, Rocket Lab […]
Space and data-as-a-service provider Sidus Space announced that it has completed the testing of the NASA Autonomous Satellite Technology for Resilient Applications engineering unit that it integrated into its LizzieSat FlatSat in its Cape Canaveral, Florida, facility. CEO Carol Craig said that the successful integration highlights Sidus Space’s capability to deliver expert support for software […]
Three NASA-funded experiments will investigate the effects of a solar eclipse on the Earth’s ionosphere on April 8, when a total solar eclipse is expected to cross parts of the United States. The first project, the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network, is a collection of radars scattered around the world. During the eclipse, three U.S.-based […]
Two dozen U.S. allies joined the U.S. Space Command’s Global Sentinel collaboration exercise on space-based security and defense held at the Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, from Feb. 5 to 16. The event, which was initiated in 2014 with seven countries in attendance, kicked off in 2024 with 246 participants, including 177 representatives of U.S. […]
Two dozen U.S. allies joined the U.S. Space Command’s Global Sentinel collaboration exercise on space-based security and defense held at the Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, from Feb. 5 to 16. The event, which was initiated in 2014 with seven countries in attendance, kicked off in 2024 with 246 participants, including 177 representatives of U.S. […]
NASA has disclosed that it is leasing a parcel in the 240-acre Exploration Park at its Johnson Space Center in Houston to the Texas A&M University System, which will use the site for research and development focused on human spaceflight in the context of the commercial space economy. According to the agency, the lease agreement […]
Spectrum Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, a subsidiary of technology company Ocutrx, has supplied high-precision circuit boards for NASA’s Psyche spacecraft’s communication. The Psyche mission, managed by Arizona State University and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, marks a significant achievement in deep space exploration as it is propelled by a solar electric propulsion system, helping it reach a […]
SpaceX launched the USSF-124 mission on Feb. 14, sending six missile-detecting satellites into orbit. The mission’s payload includes two prototype satellites, one developed by L3Harris Technologies and the other developed by Northrop Grumman, for the Missile Defense Agency’s Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor program. The HBTSS program is designed to augment the existing overhead […]
Lt. Gen. DeAnna Burt, deputy chief of space operations, has revealed that the U.S. Space Force will serve as the lead operator of a fleet of ground object-tracking satellites intended to provide the leadership with persistent video-like surveillance capabilities. Speaking at an Air & Space Forces Association event on Tuesday, she explained that Space Force […]
