Image: Jumpeestudio By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 22 October 2024 The Proliferated Low Earth Orbit satellite services program, launched in 2023, has already used $660 million of its allocated $900 million budget in just over a year WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force is likely to expand its
Tranche 1 Transport Layer Cellular Network will begin launching in 2024/5. (Northrop Grumman) By Rich Smith, Published by The Motley Fool, 20 October 2024 Key Points Space Force initiated a new missile defense satellite project in 2021 called the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture program. More than half a dozen companies
An artist's concept of a Boeing-built Intelsat EpicNG satellite. Credit: Boeing By Jason Rainbow, Publishd by Space News, 19 October 2024 TAMPA, Fla. — The Intelsat 33e satellite has broken up in geostationary orbit (GEO) and lost power, ceasing communications services for customers across Europe, Africa and parts of Asia Pacific.
Goonhilly Earth Station By Hannah Baker, Published by MSN, 17 October 2024 A Cornwall satellite company has agreed a deal to provide communications to spacecraft on lunar missions and in deep space. Goonhilly Earth Station, near Helston, signed the contract with the UK Space Agency and international partners during the
By Tereza Pultarova, Published by yahoo! news, 15 October 2024 The growing number of rocket launches and satellites burning up in Earth's atmosphere could trigger the world's next big environmental emergency. Experts are racing to understand the new threat before it's too late. The space industry is booming. Over the
A launch from Iran's Semnan Space Center. Tasnim News Agency By Carter Palmer and Nicholas Rakoncza, Published by Space Project, 10 October 2024 As nations in the region invest in satellite technology, a new era of space-based defense is emerging. As Middle Eastern countries expand their capabilities in multidomain operations,
Northrop Grumman's low-Earth orbit constellation of satellites detecting missile launches by an unidentified adversary. Northrop Grumman was selected to build 14 satellites with infrared sensors for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer (T1TRK) to detect, identify, and track hypersonic weapons and missiles from their earliest stages of launch
A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station carrying a classified spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office in March 2024. Paul Hennessy / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images By Audrey Decker, Published by Defense One, 3 October 2024 Persistent imagery
