Blue Origin’s New Glenn New Glenn’s second stage tank at Launch Complex 36 in Cape Canaveral, FL., July 14, 2022. (Photo: Blue Origin) By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 7 October 2025 The contract is a public-private partnership agreement awarded by the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command WASHINGTON
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Sept. 28, 2024. (U.S. Space Force photo by Senior Airman Spencer Contreras) By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 4 October 2025 SpaceX was assigned five of seven National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 2 missions.
GSSAP space domain awareness satellite (Air Force Space Command archive) By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 2 October 2025 The plan is to award two vendors 24-month Direct to Phase II SBIR grants worth $3M each to demo low-cost, low-weight radars on Space Force satellites in geosynchronous Earth orbit.
Rendering of Orbit Fab’s refueling service architecture consists of propellant depots in various orbits, and shuttles that will deliver fuel from those depots to client spacecraft. Credit: Orbit Fab By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 24 September 2025 Concepts like ‘dynamic space operations’ and ‘sustained space maneuver’ refer not
A Remote Tracking Station Block Change, or RBC, antenna is installed January 2012 at Kaena Point Tracking Station, Hawaii. The 50th Space Wing earned operational acceptance of the antenna, along with three other RBC antennas located at New Boston Air Force Station, NH; RAF Oakhanger, England and Guam Tracking Station.
By Rosemary Potter, Published by Rude Bagette, 20 September 2025 In a groundbreaking collaboration, Anduril Industries and Impulse Space have joined forces to launch a cutting-edge demonstration satellite, aiming to revolutionize satellite maneuverability and enhance U.S. space defense capabilities amid growing competition from China. IN A NUTSHELL Anduril and Impulse
Perched atop a Hawaiian volcano, the telescopes of U.S. Space Force's Maui Space Surveillance Complex provide a clear view of passing satellites. Jennifer Hlad / Defense One By Jennifer Hlad, Published by Defense One, 19 September 2025 In an interview, Space Force’s Saltzman reveals what’s next for the key sensor site.
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
