The Air Force Research Laboratory is now exploring cislunar space, which is expected to get more congested as more firms and countries invest in space travel to the moon. Their Cislunar Highway Patrol (CHPS) will experiment with space domain awareness beyond Geosynchronous Earth Orbit. AFRL courtesy image

Galactic dissonance for the Space Force

By Matthew Jenkins, Published by The Space Review, 13 February 2023 In the early days of airpower, foresighted theorists like Billy Mitchell petitioned hard to demonstrate the value that airpower could bring to the warfighting abilities of the United States. Ardently campaigning, Mitchell got permission from Congress to illustrate this

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DoD procurement of space tech is evolving, but pace of change is slow

By Sndra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 8 February 2023 There is “natural latency” in the procurement system that is going to slow down adoption of commercial technologies WASHINGTON — Top leaders of the Defense Department and lawmakers on Capitol Hill have called for greater adoption of commercial space technologies  and

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China Building New Satellite Station In Antarctica

Published by MENAFN - Asia Times, 6 February 2023 China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) had been selected to build a new ground station in Antarctica to serve China's National Satellite Ocean Application Service (NSOAS). Such news, reported on February 2, might have ordinarily set off alarm bells in

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Space Development Agency renames constellation to reflect focus on U.S. warfighter

By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 23 January 2023 SDA said the rebranding does not reflect any change to the mission WASHINGTON — The Space Development Agency is renaming its planned network of military satellites “Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture,” the agency announced Jan. 23. SDA, a former Defense Department agency

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