By Paul Brinkmann, Published by Space Daily, 18 May 2021 Washington DC (UPI) - United Launch Alliance sent a new missile-warning satellite into orbit for the U.S. Space Force from Florida on Tuesday afternoon. The Atlas V rocket lifted off at 1:37 p.m. EDT into a mostly blue sky from
By Paul Brinkmann, Published by Space War, 17 May 2021 Washington DC (UPI) - United Launch Alliance postponed the launch of a missile-warning satellite for the U.S. Space Force from Florida on Monday afternoon. Liftoff of the Atlas V rocket had been planned at 1:35 p.m. EDT from Complex 41
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 17 May 2021 The new SBIRS satellite, called SBIRS GEO 5, will be "the most advanced missile warning satellite" on orbit, said Lt. Col. Ryan Laughton, SMC's program manager. WASHINGTON: The Space Force is set to launch “the most advanced missile warning satellite”
Published by Stuff, 16 May 2021 Rocket Lab says a launch of satellites from its facility on Māhia Peninsula failed on Saturday. The problem occurred during ignition of the Electron rocket’s second stage, the company said in a statement. The rocket was carrying two Earth-observation satellites for BlackSky, a global
By Stephen Clark, Published by Spaceflight Now, 19 May 2021 A Rocket Lab Electron launcher malfunctioned about two-and-a-half minutes after liftoff from New Zealand Saturday, destroying two BlackSky Earth-imaging satellites in the launch company’s second failed flight in less than a year. Rocket Lab, a small satellite launch company headquartered
By Kathleen O'Brien, Published by The Times Record, 14 May 2021 Bath Iron Works was chosen to build all three Zumwalt-class destroyers, the last of which is still under construction at the Bath shipyard. Zumwalt-class destroyers, three ships built exclusively by Bath Iron Works, will be the first ships in
By Aaron Mehta, Published by C4ISRNET, 14 May 2021 WASHINGTON — The United Kingdom’s recent guiding plan for its military included both cuts to existing systems and investments in new technologies, with a special emphasis on increasing the U.K.’s capabilities in space. During an April visit to Washington, Air Chief
By Nathan Strout, Published by C4ISRNET, 14 May 2021 WASHINGTON — The Missile Defense Agency will deorbit two experimental missile warning satellites in the next couple years, the director announced this week. Initially launched in 2009 with an expected lifespan of just two years, the two satellites that make up
