By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 26 May 2022 Companies that pass a cybersecurity evaluation will be pre-approved so they will no longer require individual evaluations for each contract WASHINGTON — The Space Systems Command on May 26 rolled out a new process to assess the cybersecurity of commercial satellite
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 23 May 2022 Space Systems Command is trying to figure out how to exploit traditional and new types of commercial space data WASHINGTON — Over a two-day conference last week, U.S. military and intelligence officials were briefed on the capabilities of commercial spy satellites
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 13 May 2022 Not establishing a Space National Guard was "a mistake when Space Force was created," said Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., in announcing a proposed bill to "remedy that." WASHINGTON: With new legislation introduced to force the creation of a Space National
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 12 May 2022 The Space Systems Command plans to award a contract in August for the Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS-3) mission. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force plans to select a small satellite launcher to fly a payload to low Earth orbit on short
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 11 May 2022 A lesson from the Ukraine war is the resiliency provided by large proliferated constellations, said Gen. David Thompson WASHINGTON — During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing May 11, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) asked Space Force officials if any lessons could
By Debra Werner, Published by SpaceNews, 28 April 2022 DENVER – The U.S. Space Force plans to request funding in the 2024 budget for space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, Lt. Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, U.S. Space Force deputy chief of space operations, said April 27 at the 2022 GEOINT Symposium here.
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 26 April 2022 A study by the Space Warfighting Analysis Center that determined a multi-layered network of satellites in Geosynchronous Orbit (GEO), highly-elliptical polar orbit, Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) is necessary to provide comprehensive ballistic and hypersonic missile
By Katyanna Quach, Published by The Register, 23 April 2022 The US Space Force has created a unit, the 19th Space Defense Squadron, to monitor activity in the region beyond Earth's geosynchronous orbit, all the way out to the Moon and yonder. Commander of the 18th SDS, Lt. Col. Matt
