SDA Awards Contracts for 36 Golden Dome Missile Tracking Satellites

An artist's depiction of the Pentagon's Golden Dome concept. (Boeing) By Courtney Albon, Published by Air and Space Forces, 13 July 2026 The Space Development Agency announced contracts worth $1.75 billion to build 36 satellites in support of the Pentagon’s Golden Dome missile defense shield. The satellites will be part

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ESA welcomes new UK space and defence gateway

Published by the European Space Agency, 13 July 2026 Neighbouring the European Space Agency’s UK site on the Harwell campus in Oxfordshire, the Space and Defence Gateway was opened by His Majesty at an event attended by ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher, UK ESA astronauts, and several other high-level representatives

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Satellite antennas used in the Counter Communications System 10.2 electronic jammer developed by L3Harris under contract to the U.S. Space Force. Credit: L3Harris

Space Force has a new weapon to target enemy satellites — Meadowlands electromagnetic beam marks a ‘huge milestone’ in US capability

Satellite antennas used in the Counter Communications System 10.2 electronic jammer developed by L3Harris under contract to the U.S. Space Force. Credit: L3Harris By Christian Cawley, Published by Techradar, 13 July 2026 Forget microwaves, this new disruptor weapon is electromagnetic 32 “Meadowlands” Counter Communication Systems have been commissioned by U.S.

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Space junk debris cloud discovered in high-traffic orbit ‘is a potential minefield’ for the costliest satellites

By Tereza Pultarova, Published by Space.com, 13 July 2026 "The debris in geosynchronous orbit is a potential minefield." Tiny pieces of space junk only 2 inches (5 centimeters) in size are cluttering a valuable orbital region where some of the costliest satellites reside, a new study has found. Researchers from

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The Iranian use of space operations during Epic Fury

Iran’s Khayyam satellite, the countryÆs only high-resolution imaging satellite, took this image of the Vogtle nuclear power plant in US state of Georgia.[4] By Matthew Mowthorpe, Markos Trichas and Damian Terrill, Published by The Space Review, 13 July 2026 This article analyzes how Iran used access to both commercial satellite

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‘Coalition of the willing’ to build shared European anti-ballistic programme

By Angelique Chrisafis, Published by The Guardian, 13 July 2026 Ukraine and nine other countries including UK issue joint statement as leaders meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris Ukraine and nine other countries including the UK, Germany and France are to build a shared protection programme for Europe against ballistic missiles,

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The Commercial Space Race Will Leave Humanity in the Dust

Space X Falcon 9 launch, August 16, 2024. California, Vandenberg Spaceport. Freeze frame from NASA video By Leah Yananton, OjaiLetter to the Santa Barbara Independent, 7 July 2026 Community members packed into Ojai City Hall to hear the Mission Update about Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket launch increases at Vandenberg Space

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