The patch of the 75th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron revealed at the unit's activation ceremony on Aug. 11, 2023. (Image credit: USSF/iStock/Getty Images Plus) By Brett Tingley, Published by space.com, 14 August 2023 "We are changing the way targeting is done across the joint community when it comes to
By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, August 14 2023 WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab says a Virgin Orbit facility it acquired at a bankruptcy auction in May will allow the company to scale up production of its Neutron rocket in development. Rocket Lab placed a winning bid of $16.1 million for
By Matthew Field, Published by The Telegraph, 14 August 2023 Project delays and war in Ukraine have led to a growing dependence on the Tesla billionaire In the tropical heat on the coast of French Guiana sits a 200ft tall rocket. Ariane 6, which was designed to carry forward the
By Patrick Tucker, Published by Defense One, 14 August 2023 As space debris proliferates and new weapons appear, a new market is rising to document it all. Satellite images, long used by militaries to track developments on Earth, are increasingly being used to keep tabs on the proliferating objects in
By Dimitris Kouimtsdis, Published by Daily Star, 11 August 2023 The Falcon 9 launched on Monday (August 7) in order to deliver 15 Starlink satellites and in the process punched a hole in the planet's ionosphere, leaving a red aurora-like glow in the sky Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket ripped a
By Patrick Tucker, Published by Defense One, 11 August 2023 As space debris proliferates and new weapons appear, a new market is rising to document it all. Satellite images, long used by militaries to track developments on Earth, are increasingly being used to keep tabs on the proliferating objects in space. Maxar
Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Satellites are designed to maneuver in space, but are limited by the amount of fuel they carry. (U.S. Air Force) By Courtney Albon, Published by DefenseNews, 11 August 2023 WASHINGTON — As U.S. Space Command eyes a future where satellites are designed to maneuver in space,
Anastatia (Ana) Mayers, Jon Goodwin and Keisha Schahaff, boarded the VSS Unity for a 90-minute trip into space By Thomas Mackintosh, Published by the BBC, 10 August, 2023 Virgin Galactic has taken a former Olympian, a University of Aberdeen student and her mother to the edge of space on its
