Commercial Spaceports Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Commit to Expand International Collaboration

By Kris Christiaens, Published by Future Spaceflight, 21 October 2024 MILAN, Italy – October 13, 2024, eight commercial spaceports located across five continents signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU will establish a forum to explore potential strategic collaboration in a range of areas of common interest and introduce

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The US Wants to Integrate the Commercial Space Industry With Its Military to Prevent Cyber Attacks

BySharon Lemac-Vincere, Published by Wired, 29 June 2024 As more and more infrastructure is deployed in space, the risk of cyber attacks increases. The US military wants to team up with the private sector to protect assets everyone relies on. The US military recently launched a groundbreaking initiative to strengthen

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Space Force eyes commercial antennas to boost satellite control capacity

Vandenberg Tracking Station and the Ellison Onizuka Satellite Operations Facility support the Satellite Control Network. Credit: U.S. Space Force By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 25 September 2024 The Space Systems Command is interested in creating a “commercial antenna marketplace” WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force is moving forward

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‘Sensing Has Become Ubiquitous’: Satellite Imagery in Ukraine Offers View of Future Warfare

Tu-95 bombers at Engles Air Base, Russia. Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies. By Chris Gordon, Published by Air and Space Forces, 19 September 2024 NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—The proliferation of commercial satellites is changing the character of war, a panel of military experts said at AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference

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Companies in the space industry are developing a new class of weather satellites for civil and military customers. Credit: Raytheon Intelligence & Space

The Space Force’s plan for a ready fleet of commercial satellites takes shape

Companies in the space industry are developing a new class of weather satellites for civil and military customers. Credit: Raytheon Intelligence & Space By Lauren C. Williams, Published by Defense One, 16 September 2024 Companies have started to weigh in on the service's commercial augmentation space reserve program. Seeking to

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Friends in high places: Space Force entrusts military payload to Norwegian firm in comsat launch

By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 12 August 2024 The satellites carry a handful of different payloads, including the two US Space Force Enhanced Polar System-Recapitalization jam-resistant communication payloads, an X-band communications payload for Norway's Ministry of Defence, and a Ka-band payload for commercial firm Viasat. WASHINGTON — Norway’s

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