Panel warns of growing threats to smallsat constellations

The Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC) watch center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Credit: Space ISAC By Debra Werner, Published by Space News, 26 August 2026 SALT LAKE CITY – Small satellites face growing threats because potential adversaries recognize their expanding role in providing communication, Earth-observation and navigation

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The space company will reportedly build hundreds of satellites bearing Earth-imaging capabilities that can operate as a swarm in low orbits The space company will reportedly build hundreds of satellites bearing Earth-imaging capabilities that can operate as a swarm in low orbits Credit: Cheney Orr/Reuters

Space Force expands Starshield service for military aircraft

By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 26 August 2026 WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is expanding its use of SpaceX’s Starshield satellite network aboard military aircraft, awarding the company a new fleet-level service contract that sheds light on how the system is being integrated across U.S. aviation fleets. The Space

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Russian ‘Starlink’ constellation satellites falling from orbit

By Dylan Malyasov, Published by Defence Blog, 25 August 2026 Key Points Two satellites from Russia's second Rassvet batch are decaying toward reentry after never performing orbit-raising maneuvers. None of the 16 satellites launched July 19 climbed above 360 km, roughly 200 km lower than the first group reached at

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China’s Reusable Space Launch Booster Recoveries Have Major Military Implications

A Chinese LandSapce ZhuQue-3 booster, the country's first to successfully touch down on land. LandSpace By Joseph Trevithick, Published by TWZ, 19 August 2026 Earlier today, Chinese firm LandSpace achieved the country’s first successful recovery of a reusable space launch rocket booster on land. This follows China’s first-ever recovery of

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Golden Dome Secrecy Poses Challenge for Estimating Costs

An artist's depiction of the Pentagon's Golden Dome concept. (Boeing) By Courtney Albon, Published by Air and Space Forces, 19 August 2026 While Pentagon officials have revealed some details about the architecture behind the Golden Dome missile defense project, crafting an independent cost estimate for a largely classified program remains

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New Anti-Satellite Weapons Now Officially A Top U.S. Priority

Image by Getty / Futurism By Joseph Trevithick, Published by TWZ, 13 August, 2026 "Our space assets need to shoot, move, and communicate just like the rest of the joint force," the head of U.S. Space Command says. The head of U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM) says having a “credible, acknowledged”

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Five things Space Command says it needs to win tomorrow’s wars

By Thomas Novelly, Published by Defense One, 12 August 2026 Gen. Whiting adds to previous calls for new tech in his final speech to the SMD Symposium. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Space weapons and refuelable satellites are among the items needed to preserve the U.S. military’s orbital edge over China, the

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