(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
By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 17 April 2025 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force on April 17 released its most explicit blueprint yet for how it plans to defend American satellites — and, if necessary, take aim at enemy space systems — in the event of conflict. The
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
The Soyuz-2.1V rocket launches the Kosmos 2581, 2582, and 2583 satellites / screenshot from video By Sofia Syngaivska, Published by Defense Express, 3 April 2025 Recently launched russian satellites have engaged in suspicious proximity maneuvers and released an unidentified object, prompting scrutiny from space analysts A trio of secretive russian
Space Training and Readiness Command recently conducted a test of the Remote Modular Terminal (RMT), a new system for the Space Rapid Capabilities Office. The RMT is a small form-factor system for jamming satellites. U.S. Space Force photo by Isaac Blancas By Shaun Waterman, Published by Air and Space Forces,
Notional depiction of space-based interception. Elements of this illustration were created in MidJourney, an artificial intelligence tool. Credit: THOR Design StudioNotional depiction of space-based interception. Elements of this illustration were created in MidJourney, an artificial intelligence tool. Credit: THOR Design StudioNotional depiction of space-based interception. Elements of this illustration were
By Josh Dinner, Published by Space.com, 21 March 2025 "That capability gap is significantly narrowed, and we've got to change the way we're looking at space, or that capability gap may reverse and not be in our favor anymore." The United States is approaching a turning point in space security,
(Getty Images/iStockphoto) By Matt Berman, Published by Popular Mechanics, 20 March 2025 One of DARPA’s concerns is that Russia has allegedly developed a nuclear space-based, anti-satellite weapon that may be capable of blinding hundreds of satellites. DARPA, the U.S. military’s advanced research agency, is funding space laser projects amid simmering concerns that
