Space News

September 11, 2024

US Air Force Launches Space Vehicle Laboratory Construction in New Mexico

The Defense post The US Air Force has conducted a groundbreaking ceremony in New Mexico to begin the development of

September 6, 2024

Production scaling woes delay next Space Development Agency launches

Defense News Plans for the Space Force’s Space Development Agency to kick-start its next phase of launches this month is

September 5, 2024

SDA demos laser links crucial for future SATCOM, missile tracking network

Breaking Defense WASHINGTON — Space Development Agency (SDA) Director Derek Tournear announced today that the agency has successfully demonstrated the

August 29, 2024

China launches its rival to Elon Musk’s Starlink internet satellites

CNBC China on Tuesday launched its first batch of internet satellites that will form part of a constellation it hopes

August 29, 2024

Securing US space assets is busting the Air Force budget, Kendall says

Defense News When Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall unveiled his seven no-fail mission priorities two years ago — dubbed operational

August 26, 2024

LeoLabs sees defense business grow as space-tracking needs multiply

Defense News When LeoLabs was founded in 2016, its focus was on using a network of ground-based radars to track

August 12, 2024

Space Force to expand missile-defense satellite network in medium Earth orbit

Space News The U.S. Space Force initiated a new phase in its missile defense satellite program. The Space Systems Command

August 8, 2024

UK’s new space radar can detect football-sized threats 22,000 miles away

Interesting Engineering Plans to establish a network of advanced radars to monitor deep space activity are moving forward in Pembrokeshire,

August 2, 2024

Pentagon advisory panel urges integration of commercial space tech for military use

Space News A new report from a Pentagon advisory panel calls for increased adoption of commercial space technologies to bolster

July 31, 2024

Space Force analyzing next-gen missile warning/tracking, NC3 options

Breaking Defense The Space Warfighting Analysis Center (SWAC) is now studying how to shape a next-generation, multi-orbit architecture for missile