By Amanda Miller, Published by Air Force Magazine, 7 July 2022 Space Force operators and intelligence specialists will work side by side in the future to deliver the full “TPED” intelligence cycle—“tasking, processing, exploitation, and dissemination”—said Space Force Lt. Gen. Stephen N. Whiting. Whiting commands the Space Force’s Space Operations
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 Thomas Burghardt, Published by NASA Spaceflight, 30 June 2022 Virgin Orbit has scrubbed the launch the fifth flight of the LauncherOne rocket, after propellant temperature was deemed to be “slightly out of bounds”. The decision was made prior to the take off of Cosmic Girl, the carrier aircraft. The
By Brett Tingley, Published by Space.com, 30 June 2022 The unit's mission is to 'outwit, outreach and win in the space domain.' The United States Space Force has activated a new unit that is tasked with providing "critical intelligence on threat systems, foreign intentions and activities in the space domain."
By The Associated Press, Published by CPR News, 28 June 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — About 1,000 Air National Guard troops who are assigned to space missions are mired in an identity crisis. Torn between the Air Force, where they have historically been assigned, and the military's shiny new Space Force where they
By Jonathan E. Hendry, Published by Simple Flying, 28 June 2022 The company will launch its "Straight Up" mission from Mojave Air and Space Port as soon as tomorrow as it prepares to commence UK launches. Virgin Orbit’s upcoming Straight Up mission will send two satellites into Low-Earth Orbit (LEO)
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
