An artist’s rendering of a satellite sending and receiving data. Courtesy of Space Systems Command By Shaun Waterman, Published by Air and Space Forces, 11 September 2025 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—U.S. Space Force contractors are building an AI-powered tool to detect cyberattacks on satellites by directly monitoring the behavior and telemetry
An illustration of the Golden Dome. Credit: Arcfield By Kevin Kelly, Published by Space News, 26 Augus 2025 The era of single-vector threats is behind us. That was Aerial Defense 1.0, when defenses were designed for ballistic missiles tracked by radar and defeated by linear kill webs. Threats came one
Starship launch. Image: SpaceX By Jim Cantrell, Published by Space News, 18 August 2025 I recently attended the 40th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, an event that has ballooned from a niche government-industry gathering into a global spectacle that drew over 15,000 attendees in 2025 including entrepreneurs, policymakers and even
Mission Control Space Services' Persistence mission is housed in a six-unit Spire Global Lemur cubesat equipped with an optical-imaging payload. The cubesat, launched in June on the SpaceX Transporter-14 rideshare, is undergoing commissioning. Credit: Spire Global By Debra Werner, Published by Space News, 12 August 2025 SALT LAKE CITY –
Engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, conducted a hot fire test of a full-scale Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine combustor in fall 2023. Credit: NASA By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 8 August 2025 NASA official says agency innovations in rocket propulsion, AI, and testing infrastructure
By Noah Bennett, Published by Sustainability Times, 5 August 2025 Amid shifting priorities in space exploration funding, commercial space entrepreneurs increasingly view defense projects as a vital avenue for securing financial backing and advancing technological innovation. In recent years, the intersection of commercial space ventures and defense projects has emerged
Illustration of Golden Dome technology. Credit: Redwire. By Peter Cannitol, Published by Reddit, 5 August 2025 RTICLE KEY POINTS: Urgency of Threat: With China projected to reach 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030, the DoD is under pressure to deliver rapidly deployable, adaptable systems — favoring companies that already operate at
Pic: Spaceflux By Oscar Hornstein, Published by UK Tech News, 25 July 2025 The company's technology can track the position of burdensome orbital debris Spaceflux, a satellite tracking startup from London, has closed a £5.4m funding round as it works towards growing its global telescope network. Founded in 2022, Spaceflux
