By Stephen Clark, Published by Spaceflight Now, 2 April 2023 The first 10 spacecraft for a planned U.S. military mega-constellation launched from California Sunday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, setting in place the keystone for a multibillion-dollar network of hundreds of small satellites to improve defenses against hypersonic missiles
By Tanmay Kadam, Published by The EurAsian Times, 30 March 2023 Russia’s new naval base to accommodate its Belgorod and Khabarovsk special-purpose nuclear-powered submarines armed with Poseidon nuclear torpedoes, also called the ‘tsunami bomb,’ could be completed early next year. “The construction of coastal infrastructure facilities for accommodating two special-purpose
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 29 March 2023 The 10 satellites, which will be lofted on a reusable SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg SFB to low Earth orbit (LEO), are the first batch of the Tranche 0 constellation, building blocks of America's resilient space strategy. Editor’s Note 4/03/2023
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 24 March 2023 "We're ready to transition over to technology development," MDA Director Vice Adm. Jon Hill told the Center for Strategic and International Studies today. WASHINGTON — The Missile Defense Agency “shortly” will move from studying designs for its new Glide Phase
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 24 March 2023 The bulk of SDA's FY24 request, some $4.1 billion, is in research, development, test and evaluation aimed at getting the first iterations of its planned satellites for both data relay, called the Transport Layer, and missile warning and tracking, called
By Courtney Albon, Published by Defense News, 22 March 2023 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force said it needs nearly $16 billion over five years to keep building a new class of satellites that can track missiles moving at hypersonic speeds, more than twice the previous forecast. When service leaders
By Marcin Fracklewicz, Published by ts2.space, 10 March 2023 How LEO Military Satellites Enhance Global Communications and Data Security Recent advances in technology have allowed the military to make use of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites to improve global communications and data security. LEO satellites provide a secure, wireless connection
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 2 March 2023 The seven satellites will be part of the Space Development Agency’s Tracking Layer Tranche 1 WASHINGTON — The Space Development Agency awarded Raytheon Technologies a $250 million contract to build seven missile-tracking satellites for the agency’s low Earth orbit constellation, the
