United Launch Alliance hoists its Vulcan first stage booster into the Vertical Integration Facility-G adjacent to Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The rocket will launch the USSF-106 mission for the U.S. Space Force, Vulcan's first national security flight. (Image credit: United Launch Alliance) By Julian
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the GPS III Space Vehicle 05 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, June 17, 2021. U.S. SPACE FORCE By Audrey Decker, Published by Defense One, 26 November 2024 Cumbersome acquisition practices will keep Europe from fully harnessing
A fireball erupts during an engine test of an Epsilon S rocket at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Nov. 26. (Captured from JAXA’s live footage) By Ryo Sasaki, Published by The Asahi Shimbun, 26 November 2024 TANEGASHIMA, Kagoshima Prefecture--Japan’s space agency halted an engine combustion test of its
By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 20 November 2024 The collaboration focuses on automated target recognition (ATR) technologies that leverage AI and radar satellite imagery to identify and classify objects ARLINGTON, Va. — Defense contractor Lockheed Martin is partnering with a consortium led by Iceye, a Finnish Earth observation
United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V 511 prior to launching the Space Test Program-3 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. (ULA). STP-3 is a mission for the Department of the Air Force and the U.S. Space Force, to advance warfighting capabilities in the areas of nuclear detonation detection, space
Space Shuttle Discovery launch Aug. 30, 1984 (NASA) By Patricia Burke, compiled with Kate Kheel of Safe Tech InternationalPosted on Patricia's Substack for Safe Tech, 15 November 2024 Dear FCC Space Bureau Chief Julie Kearney, 'The new space race doesn’t need to create massive space waste.' The number of satellites
Rendering of the SDA Foo Fighter constellation. Credit: Millennium Space Systems By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 13 November 2024 The Space Development Agency awarded Kratos a $116.7 million contract to build ground system for missile defense operations WASHINGTON — The technology company Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has
By Victor Tangerman, Published by yahoo!news, 13 November 2024 NASA's plagued Space Launch System rocket, which is being developed to deliver the first astronauts to the Moon in over half a century, is on thin ice. According to Ars Technica senior space reporter Eric Berger's insider sources, there's an "at least 50-50"
