By Staff Writers, Published by SpaceWar, 26 March 2021 Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) - The U.S. Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center successfully delivered the fifth Space Based Infrared System satellite (SBIRS GEO-5) to the processing facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The satellite traveled across the
Skyrora plans to offer launch services to low Earth Sun-synchronous and polar orbits for payloads of up to 315 kg By Staff Writers, published by Space Daily, 26 March 2021 Paris (ESA) - As part of its Boost! programme, ESA has signed two new contracts which support UK-based Orbex and
By Nathan Strout, Published in C4ISRNET, 25 March 2021 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force created a three-year arrangement for allies to borrow and test equipment for navigation that uses a new GPS signal that is difficult to jam or spoof. The M-Code signal developed for the military is intended
Published in Russia Today, 25 March 2021 After a successful launch, a Russian Soyuz rocket is on its way to low Earth orbit to drop off 36 satellites created by UK firm OneWeb, set to join a “constellation” of small devices designed to expand internet coverage worldwide. Moscow’s space agency
By Kit Klarenberg, an investigative journalist exploring the role of intelligence services in shaping politics and perceptions, Published by Russia Today, 25 March 2021 Space battles are the stuff of science fiction, but recent technological and political developments have done much to make the prospect an ever more likely reality
Gunsmoke-J, a U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command and Assured Position Navigation and Timing/Space Cross Functional Team joint capability technology demonstration satellite, launched into orbit March 22. (U.S. Army) By Nathan Strout, Published by C4ISRNET, 24 March 2021 WASHINGTON — The U.S Army launched an experimental satellite that will
by Ed Adamczyk, Published by Space War, 24 March, 2021 Washington DC (UPI) - Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman will build competing versions of the Next Generation missile defense interceptor, the Missile Defense Agency announced. A Defense Department statement on Tuesday said contract awards were structured to carry "two designs
By Theresa Hitchins,Published by Breaking Defense, 23 March 2021 It's sort of like we're exclusively dating. We agreed to not see other people right now but we haven't committed to anything else yet," explained one Lockheed Martin official. WASHINGTON: Lockheed Martin has joined forces with startup Omnispace to explore an
