By OLiver Parken, Published by The War Zone, 22 March 2023 The rusty red-colored exhaust plume that comes with many Chinese rocket launches looks dangerous because it is. Footage of China’s most recent Long March 3B Y90 rocket launch appeared last week. Aside from the high terrain of the launch
By Courtney Albon, Published by Defense News, 22 March 2023 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force said it needs nearly $16 billion over five years to keep building a new class of satellites that can track missiles moving at hypersonic speeds, more than twice the previous forecast. When service leaders
Published by BBC News, 22 March 2023 A deep space radar site to track active satellites 22,000 miles above the Earth could be built in Pembrokeshire. The proposal is part of the United States Space Force (USSF)-led plans to develop a worldwide network of sensors. A scoping opinion was submitted
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 21 March 2023 A civil reserve for space would mark a new level of collaboration between the military and the commercial space sector The U.S. Space Force is exploring the creation of a space equivalent of the civil reserve air fleet, or CRAF, a
By Channing Reid, Published by Simple Flying, 21 March 2023 The company is desperately searching for a lifeline. Bankruptcy could become a reality for satellite launch provider Virgin Orbit as soon as this week. The US-based group is reportedly scrambling to find a funding source to avoid insolvency. Last week,
By Samantha Johnson, Published by Space is the Limit, 20 March 2023 Have you ever looked up at the night sky and marveled at the beauty of the stars, only to be interrupted by a trail of bright lights moving across the sky? That’s probably the Starlink project by SpaceX,
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 20 March 2023 The budget proposes $30 million in fiscal year 2024 and $30 million in 2025 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force in budget documents submitted to Congress last week is seeking $60 million over the next two years for a program known
By Tim Fernholz, Published by qz.com, 19 March 2023 Rocket makers that emerged from the venture capital ecosystem recently spent an anxious weekend waiting on the outcome of Silicon Valley Bank’s failure, but their latest troubles have no connection to with the lender’s collapse. Astra Space (ASTR) is now fighting
