Space News

June 2, 2025

Russia’s new Cosmos satellite orbiting near US sat, piques ASAT fears

Breaking Defense WASHINGTON — Russia’s newest satellite in its low Earth orbit (LEO) Cosmos series is in orbit near an

May 23, 2025

Trump’s Golden Dome plan could launch new era of weapons in space

Reuters WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump‘s Golden Dome missile defense concept revives a controversial, decades-old initiative whose

May 21, 2025

China says Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile defense plan increases risk of “space becoming a battlefield”

CBS News China said Wednesday that the Trump administration’s plan to construct a so-called “Golden Dome” missile defense system to protect the

May 20, 2025

Space Force FORGEing ahead with missile warning ground system

Breaking Defense GEOINT 2025 — The Space Force is moving to finally put in place the long-troubled next-generation ground system

May 19, 2025

Commercial radar satellite firm eyes role in U.S. missile defense

Space News ST. LOUIS — The Trump administration’s push to modernize missile defense could open new opportunities for the commercial

May 19, 2025

US Space Force’s ‘orbital carrier’ risks escalating arms race, China’s PLA warns

South China Morning Post China’s military has warned that a plan by the US Space Force to deploy “orbital carriers”

May 15, 2025

Pentagon to Deploy Discriminating Space Sensor for Ballistic Threat as Part of Golden Dome

air and space forces magazine The Pentagon is developing space-based sensors that can distinguish missile threats from clutter as a

February 25, 2025

Space Force will play ‘central role’ in Iron Dome, service chief says

Defense News The Space Force will play a “central role” in the Pentagon’s efforts to develop a homeland missile defense

October 7, 2024

Space Force to fly two rapid-response demonstration missions in 2026

Defense News The Space Force announced two new missions to demonstrate how highly maneuverable space vehicles can enable the service

September 27, 2024

European militaries rush to catch up on space traffic mapping

Defense News The boom in space activity of the past few years has made Earth’s orbit more crowded and dynamic,