Rendering of an Iridium satellite in low Earth orbit. Courtesy Iridium. By Shaun Waterman, Published by Air and Space Forces, 1 July 2025 The Space Force is playing midwife to a new ecosystem of commercial satellite constellations providing alternatives to the service’s own Global Positioning Service from much closer to
Starlink dish on a roof. Image credit: Shutterstock. By Raquel, Published by El Adelantado, 20 April 2025 Both China and Russia are now actively developing systems dubbed “Starlink Killers”—technologies designed to disrupt or disable Elon Musk’s Starlink and Starshield satellites, which have become vital tools for military communication, especially in
(Image credit: U.S. Space Force) By Audry Decker, Published by Defense One, 18 April 2025 As Trump envisions “our manifest destiny into the stars,” the Space Force is set to play a key role in America’s space ambitions. When President Donald Trump signed the Space Force into existence, he hailed
Rendering of L3Harris Resilient GPS satellites supporting Earth coverage with boosted M-Code and regional power above boosted M levels (Image credit: L3Harris) By Jeff Hanke, L3HarrisPublished by Space News, 17 April 2025 R-GPS gives warfighters a decisive battlefield advantage by punching through adversary jammers —wherever and whenever they need it.
Satellite antennas used in the Counter Communications System developed by L3Harris under contract to the U.S. Space Force. Credit: L3Harris By Greg Hadley, Published by Air and Space Forces, 16 April 2025 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—As Space Force leaders grow more vocal and direct in calling for space weapons to control
Starlink satellites awaiting deployment into low Earth orbit. (Image credit: SpaceX) By Sharmila Kuthunur, Published by Space.com, 8 April 2025 "A future conflict in space could have massive, long-term negative repercussions that are felt here on Earth, as everyone on this planet is a user of space data in some
By David Vergun, Published by Unitd States Space Force, 21 March 2025 WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Since the U.S. Space Force stood up five years ago, it has delivered warfighting effects to the point that the U.S. can now contest the space domain, said Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman,
Los Alamos National Laboratory via Aerospace Projects Review By Joseph Trevithick,Published by The War Zone, 20 March 2025 The large-scale weaponization of space appears to be imminent as competition in orbit heats up between the U.S. and its adversaries. New space-based interceptors called for in President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome missile
