by Evan Craighead, Published by SpaceDaily, 12 March 2021 Moscow (Sputnik) - Boeing and Lockheed Martin's United Launch Alliance (ULA) was also awarded more than $224 million by the Pentagon to launch United States Space Force (USSF) missions USSF-112 and USSF-87 from Centennial, Colorado and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station,
by Christen Mccurdy, Published by Spacewar, 11 March 2021 Washington DC (UPI) - The Air Force announced Thursday that it has named First Air Force as the future air component to U.S. Space Command. "The U.S. Air Force is a critical contributor to the U.S. Space Command mission as evidenced
by Nathan Strout, published by C4ISRNET, 10 March 2021 WASHINGTON — The Space Force awarded four launch missions worth $385 million to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance, bringing the number of missions assigned under its heavy-lift launch contracts to seven. Under the task orders issued March 9, ULA and SpaceX
by Nathan Strout, published by C4ISRNET, 10 March 2021 WASHINGTON — As it prepares to begin launching its first satellites in 2022, the Space Development Agency is utilizing a war fighter council to stay connected with other Department of Defense organizations and ensure it is delivering needed capabilities. SDA was
by Stephen Clark, Published by Spaceflight Now, 10 March 2021 The U.S. Space Force announced Tuesday that it awarded $384 million in contracts to United Launch Alliance and SpaceX, giving each company two missions to launch military satellites in 2023. United Launch Alliance won task orders for the USSF-112 and
By Staff Writers, Published in Moon Daily, 9 March 2021 Bethesda MD (SPX) -The space community is moving beyond Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) and expanding more activities toward the Moon and in cislunar space, i. e., lying between the earth and the moon or the moon's orbit. Thus, as in LEO,
by AFP Staff Writers, Published in SpaceWar, 9 March 2021 Paris (AFP) - France has begun its first military exercises in space to test its ability to defend its satellites, in a sign of the growing competition between world powers in Earth's orbit. Michel Friedling, the head of France's newly
By Sandra Erwin, Published in SpaceNews, 8 March 2021 The close collaboration happening between SMC and SDA may come as a surprise to those who have followed the politics of DoD space organizations. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force procurement arm, the Space and Missile Systems Center, for more than
