Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity space plane lights its rocket motor during the Galactic 05 suborbital mission on Nov. 2, 2023. (Image credit: Virgin Galactic) By Nla Taylor Tillman, Published by Space.com, 2 November 2023 Galactic 05 was the company's sixth space mission in as many months. SPACEPORT AMERICA, New Mexico — Virgin
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 31 October 2023 The goal of the accelerator is to bring industry, government and academia together to integrate SDA computer systems to "fully leverage" data from myriad sources across the Defense Department, the Intelligence Community, other government agencies, allies and commercial firms —
A render of Space Pioneer's Tianlong-3 rocket at Jiuquan spaceport. Credit: Space Pioneer By Andrew Jones, Published by SpaceNews, 31 October 2023 HELSINKI — Chinese commercial launch firm Space Pioneer has announced a new round of funding for development of the Tianlong-3 rocket comparable to the SpaceX Falcon 9. Space
The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command established the U.S. Space Forces, Indo-Pacific, the USSF’s first overseas component to a combatant command. (DVDS) By Sarah Mneiro, Published by Breaking Defense, 30 October 2023 The Space Force is coming up on its fourth birthday, and has made significant progress in establishing itself as part
Diagram of message-sending from Vienna to Beijing through space-ground integrated quantum network using China's Micius satellite, which launched in 2016. (Image credit: CAS/Pan Jianwei's team) By Andrew Jones, Published by Space.com, 30 October 2023 China is planning new, cutting-edge quantum communications satellites. China launched the first dedicated quantum communications satellite, named Micius,
Rendering of missile-warning space sensor. Credit: L3Harris Technologies By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 30 October 2023 The MEO satellite program will follow the Space Development Agency’s multi-vendor approach WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force is moving forward with plans to procure 27 missile-defense satellites for a medium Earth orbit
The 23rd Space Operations Squadron at New Boston Space Force Station, New Hampshire, operates satellite antennas that perform on-orbit tracking, telemetry, commanding and mission data retrieval. Credit: U.S. Space Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kaitlin Castillo By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 27 October 2023 Industry executives say military
Published by The BBC, 27 October 2023 A satellite launch company involved in a spaceport project in Shetland has been awarded £3.5m. RFA UK will use the UK Space Agency funding to support its preparatory work for the first launch of a rocket from SaxaVord, which is expected next year.
