Lynk Global operates ‘cell-tower-in-space’ satellites that provide direct-to-standard-phone connectivity. Credit: Lynk Global By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 27 November 2023 WASHINGTON — The Defense Information Systems Agency on Nov. 22 published a request for proposals for low Earth orbit satellite-based services. Up to $900 million worth of task orders will
Animation shows human-made space objects cataloged by the U.S. Space Force. The red objects are in near-Earth orbits. The green objects are in the cislunar region. Credit: Purdue University/Carolin Frueh By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 12 November 2023 The $1.2 million contract is to develop a software tool to
By Michael Sheetz, Published by CNBC, 9 November 2023 Overview: Launch & Orders (Space Vehicles Unit) The orders are in and we now finally know how the Space Force’s most recent block buy of rocket launches shook out: In the end, the military dished out over $5.6 billion in contracts
By Laura Dobberstein, Published by The Register, 9 November 2023 Rather than launch from a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V or SpaceX Falcon 9 as it has done in the past, the seventh takeoff of the US Space Force's reusable X-37B spaceplane will make use of a Falcon Heavy
The Space Force is developing the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) program as the ground system for the SBIRS and Next-Gen OPIR missile warning satellites. (Graphic: RTX) By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 9 November 2023 The Space Force expects the multi-faceted Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE)
By Brett Tingley, Published by Space.com, 9 November 2023 The X-37B has previously launched atop the smaller Falcon 9 rocket. The U.S. Space Force's shadowy X-37B is set for launch atop a SpaceX rocket. The reusable space plane will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 8 November 2023 The seventh mission of the X-37B, designated USSF-52, is projected to launch Dec. 7 from Kennedy Space Center WASHINGTON — The seventh mission of the reusable U.S. Air Force X-37B spaceplane is scheduled to launch Dec. 7 on a SpaceX Falcon
By Jon Gertner, Published by The New York Times Magazine, 8 November 2023 Inside the highly secretive military branch responsible for protecting American interests in a vulnerable new domain. What’s most concerning isn’t the swarm of satellites but the types. “We know that there are kinetic kill vehicles,” Lerch said
