A National Reconnaissance Office satellite sits on a Rocket Lab Electron vehicle before its Aug. 4, 2022, launch. Credit: Rocket Lab By Audrey Decker, Published by Defense One, 26 February 2024 This likely means a delay for the Pentagon’s effort to boost competition for rocket launches. Despite its promises, Rocket
A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off Feb. 21 carrying 46 Starlink satellites. Credit: Space Launch Delta 45 By Audrey Decker, Published by Defense One, 20 February 2024 Direct communications could ward off miscalculation as space militarizes faster than norms develop, officials say. AURORA, Colorado—The U.S. Space Force wants a hotline
The Falcon 9 rocket that carried the Space Development Agency's new satellites, shortly before launch. (photo courtesy Space Development Agency). By Nicholas Slayton, Published by Task & Purpose, 18 February 2024 The move comes even as Space Force pushes to build out its orbital infrastructure. The United States Space Force
A composite image showing rows of Starlink satellites awaiting deployment into low Earth orbit in front of a picture of Earth taken from the International Space Station. (Image credit: SpaceX via X) By Brett Tingley, Published by Space.com, 14 February 2024 There are still well over 5,000 operational Starlink satellites
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launches the USSF-124 mission for the U.S. Space Force on Feb. 14, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. EST (2230 GMT). (Image credit: SpaceX via X) By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 14 February 2024 USSF-124 will send six satellites to orbit — two for the Missile Defense Agency
Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall leads the panel discussion “Reoptimizing for Great Power Competition: A Senior Leaders Discussion” with Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller Kristyn Jones, performing the duties of the undersecretary of the Air Force, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen.
The U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command's Environmental and Tactical Surveillance Delta fulfills Defense Department requirements for access to weather data. Credit: Environmental and Tactical Surveillance Delta By Debra Werner, Published by Space News, 31 January 2024 BALTIMORE – Over the next couple of months, the U.S. Space Force organization responsible for
Capt. Daniel Reynolds (right) became the first Space Force Guardian to earn the Ranger tab. (Photo U.S. Army). By Audrey Decker, Published by Defense One, 31 January 2024 The first U.S. Space Force guardian will be launched into space this summer. “There is a guardian going into space via NASA
