Concept art from Northrop Grumman shows a potential architecture for defending against hypersonic missiles. (Northrop Grumman) By Nathan Strout, Published by C4ISRNET, 25 January 2021 WASHINGTON — The Missile Defense Agency selected two companies to build prototype sensors capable of tracking hypersonic weapons from space. L3Harris and Northrop Grumman will
Regulators worry that the ITU’s current bring-into-use rules make it too easy for companies to warehouse spectrum, potentially tying up valuable non-geostationary satellite orbit frequencies for years without introducing new satellite services. Credit: OneWeb artist's concept by Jeff FoustPublished in Space News - 14 January, 2021 WASHINGTON — OneWeb says
Intuitive Machines will launch its IM-2 lunar lander mission, carrying a set of NASA payloads, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 no earlier than 2022. Credit: Intuitive Machines by Jeff Foust, Published in Space News - 13 January, 2021 WASHINGTON — SpaceX secured contracts Jan. 13 for the launches of a
Image: SpaceX has launched nearly 500 additional Starlink satellites so far this year. Credit: SpaceX By Kate Duffy, Published in Business Insider - 11 January 2021 The UK has given the green light for SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service, and users in the country have already received their kit for
Image: SpaceX has launched nearly 500 additional Starlink satellites so far this year. Credit: SpaceX by Jeff Foust, Published in Space News - January 9, 2021 WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission will allow SpaceX to launch 10 Starlink satellites into polar orbit on an upcoming mission, but deferred a
SpaceNews illustration/Adobe stock by Sandra Erwin, Published in SpaceNews, 8 January, 2020 The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency foresaw the commercial space boom and recognized an opportunity. Ventures flush with private capital are gearing up to build large constellations of small satellites in low Earth orbit to provide low-latency
SpaceX founder Elon Musk celebrates after the historic first launch of astronauts aboard a SpaceX craft in May. (Washington Post photo by Jonathan Newton) By Christian Davenport, The Washington Post - 30 December, 2020 We all know that 2020 was a no-good, horrible, fearful, tumultuous year that will be remembered
Lockheed Martin's fully-assembled SBIRS GEO 5 missile warning satellite moves into the Thermal Vacuum (TVAC) test chamber. Image: Lockheed Martin By Staff Writers, Sunnyvale, California (SPX) - December 3, 2020 Link Lockheed Martin has announced the U.S. Space Force has determined the fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit
