Published by Russia Today, 21 July 2022 Private firms have successfully aided Kiev, Space Force chief John Raymond says Commercial aerospace industry players have helped Kiev during the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the head of the US Space Force has said. “My first observation I’d say is that space is important. And we have
By Howard Altman, Published by The Drive, 19 July, 2022 The U.S. Space Development Agency, or SDA, announced on Monday that it was awarding more than $1.3 billion in two prototype agreements to send 28 small satellites into low Earth orbit. Scheduled for launch in three years, the satellites are
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 14 July 2022 Four Pentagon offices are working together on an ambitious hybrid architecture that spans orbits as well as classification levels, officials told Breaking Defense. WASHINGTON: The Pentagon has taken the first steps toward a future “hybrid space architecture” comprising military and
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 6 July 2022 Hughes VP Rick Lober: DoD could take advantage of low Earth orbit satellites to deliver 5G for mobile users WASHINGTON — A $600 million DoD initiative to demonstrate 5G wireless networks at military bases nationwide is primarily focused on terrestrial communications
Published by Industry Update, 1 July 2022 WASHINGTON: Northrop Grumman next spring will begin testing a new hardware and software prototype for space forces designed to protect large, interconnected satellite networks from cyberattacks, company officials said. The prototype, called the Space End Crypto Unit (ECU), is being developed in tandem
By Caroline Delbert, Published by Popular Mechanics, 28 June 2022 Black carbon in the atmosphere is like dressing Earth in a black shirt on a sunny day. A new study shows what will happen if spaceflight increases by a factor of ten.This estimate is in line with the trajectory of
By Leonard David, Published by Space.com, 28 June 2022 The X-37B is just a week away from setting a new mission-duration mark. The U.S. military's X-37B robotic space plane is closing in on a mission-duration record. The X-37B launched to Earth orbit on May 17, 2020 on the sixth mission
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 22 June 2022 The Pentagon plans to spend nearly $13 billion over the next five years to develop and acquire military communications satellites. According to U.S. Department of Defense budget documents, this large investment supports growing demands for connectivity and secure data networks across
