Combined Force Space Component Command (CFSCC) oversees the Air Force’s five space wings and ensures space capabilities such as GPS navigation and satellite-based communications are available to U.S. commanders and allied nations (image: SpaceNews) By COREY DICKSTEIN, STARS AND STRIPES - Published: November 19, 2020 WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has
An SM-3 Block 1B launched from the USS John Paul Jones (as shown above in a 2014 test) was the first to engage the medium-range ballistic missile target but missed its mark due to what the MDA characterized as an anomaly with the interceptor. Credit: MDA By Scott Ritter, Russia
Image: Master Sgt. Ken Hammond, US Air Force/Department of Defense From Haiwai'i Public Radio, 17 November 2020 WASHINGTON (AP) — In a first for the Pentagon's push to develop defenses against intercontinental-range ballistic missiles capable of striking the United States, a missile interceptor launched from a U.S. Navy ship at sea hit
NEW DELHI, INDIA -Anti-Satellite Weapons (ASAT) from Mission Shakti during Republic Day Parade at Rajpath, on January 26, 2020 in New Delhi, india. (Photo by Ramesh Pathania/Mint via Getty Images) By Eric Berger, Published by Ars Technica, 16 October 2020 “Any conflict in space will be much slower and more
A rocket’s-eye view shows a stack of SpaceX Starlink satellites just before orbital deployment. (SpaceX Photo) By Morgan Artyukhina, Sputnik News - October 7, 2020 The US Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded two contracts on Monday to build eight satellites for its upcoming infrared missile detection constellation. However,
According to Agnikul Cosmos, the ability to launch from high latitude launch ports is a significant advantage. |Photo: Shutterstock By T E Narasimhan, Published by Business-Standard, 1 October, 2020 The IIT-Madras incubated startup said it is on track to undertake the launch by the end of 2021 Chennai-based small rocket
Image: DARPA By Mike Wall, Space.com - September 30, 2020 DARPA awarded a $14 million task order to help make it happen. The U.S. military aims to get a nuclear thermal rocket up and running, to boost its ability to monitor the goings-on in Earth-moon space. The Defense Advanced Research
