By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 19 January 2023 Government-focused 'secured satellite network' positions SpaceX to heed the Pentagon's call for commercial allies Now that SpaceX has established itself as a leading provider of U.S. national security launches, it is seeking a bigger share of the defense market with a
By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 16 January 2023 The USSF-67 mission carried a military communications satellite and five smaller payloads to orbit. SpaceX's powerful Falcon Heavy rocket now has five flights under its belt. A Falcon Heavy launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on Sunday (Jan.
By Courtney Albon, Published by DefenseNews, 13 January 2023 WASHINGTON — When U.S. Space Force leaders proposed a new missile warning and tracking architecture last year in the service’s budget request, they called it a bridging strategy — a way to maintain existing capabilities until new ones are fielded. “We
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 13 January 2023 WASHINGTON — The new head of the Space Force, Gen. Chance Saltzman, says that the clearest take-away so far from the ongoing war in Ukraine is that space systems are key to winning current and future conflicts. “I’m a history
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 12 January 2023 "We are not where we need to be as a digital service by any means," Col. Roy Rockwell told the GovConWire DoD Digital Modernization Forum today, adding that a "Spaceverse" could be a couple years away. WASHINGTON — Like most
By Courtney Albon, Published by DefenseNews, 3 January 2023 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force on Tuesday morning launched an experimental weather satellite, part of a push to improve its on-orbit weather forecasting capabilities. The satellite flew on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as part of the company’s Transporter-6 mission,
By Hyung-Jin Kim, Published by Defense News, 14 December 2022 SEOUL, South Korea — The U.S. military formally launched a space force unit in South Korea on Wednesday, a move that will likely enable Washington to better monitor its rivals North Korea, China and Russia. The activation of the U.S.
By Courtney Albon, Published by DefenseNews, 5 December 2022 WASHINGTON — SpaceX is creating a new national security business unit called Starshield that will build on its launch and satellite communications offerings and introduce additional capabilities including Earth observation. The company, founded by billionaire Elon Musk, unveiled Starshield Dec. 2,
