SPACECOM’s New Vision Targets Space Superiority’

Gen. James Dickinson By Theresa Hitchens, Published in Breaking Defense - 28 January, 2021 We must have fully integrated offensive and defensive operations across all of our services, as well as our partners," says Army Gen. James Dickinson, SPACECOM commander. UPDATED TO INCLUDE LINK TO THE  VISION DOCUMENT. WASHINGTON: In

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U.P. airport selected as command center for Michigan’s rocket launch sites

The Michigan Aerospace Manufacturers Association today announced Thursday, Jan. 28 that Chippewa County will be home to its new command and control center.Michigan Aerospace Manufacturers Association By Brandon Champion, Published in Michigan Live - 28 January, 2021 STERLING HEIGHTS, MI -- The Michigan Aerospace Manufacturers Association announced Thursday that Chippewa

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Amazon Says Elon Musk is Launching ‘Dangerous’ Startlink Satellites that could cause ‘Collisions in Space’

By Adam Smith, The Independent - 27th January 2021 SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Amazon are currently locked in a battle over their satellite projects. Both companies are entering the satellite broadband market. SpaceX has been developing its Starlink programme, while Amazon will launch 3000 satellites under ‘Project Kuiper’.  While

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Virgin Orbit to Launch First Satellite for Dutch Ministry of Defense

Published by Virigin Orbit, 25 January 2021 RNLAF Mission to Explore Advantages of Responsive Launch in Deploying First Small Satellite on LauncherOne Long Beach, California — January 25, 2021 — Virgin Orbit, the California-based satellite launch company, announced today that it has been selected by the Dutch space engineering company Innovative

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Missile Defense Agency picks 2 vendors for hypersonic weapon tracking sensor prototypes

Concept art from Northrop Grumman shows a potential architecture for defending against hypersonic missiles. (Northrop Grumman) By Nathan Strout, Published by C4ISRNET, 25 January 2021 WASHINGTON — The Missile Defense Agency selected two companies to build prototype sensors capable of tracking hypersonic weapons from space. L3Harris and Northrop Grumman will

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An artist's impression of space debris and defunct launcher stages in the geostationary ring. Aging satellites are known to release debris and explosions can occur due to residual energy sources. (Photo credit: ESA/ID&Sense/ONiRiXEL)

The race to clean up outer space

An artist's impression of space debris and defunct launcher stages in the geostationary ring. Aging satellites are known to release debris and explosions can occur due to residual energy sources. (Photo credit: ESA/ID&Sense/ONiRiXEL) By Nitin Sreedhar, Published in Mint Lounge - 16 January 2021 Earth's orbit has become so crowded

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