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,
By Junnosuke Kobara, Published by Nikkei Asia, 3 December 2022 South Korean air force establishes Space Squadron for similar purposes SEOUL -- The American and South Korean militaries are setting up space-monitoring organizations in South Korea, aiming to keep an eye on North Korea's nuclear and missile activity as its
By Andrew Greene, Published by ABC News, 1 December 2022 Visiting senior US military officers believe Australia is a "pot of gold at the end of the rainbow", as they eye off this continent's "prime" geography for future space operations. Key points: US military officials visiting Australia say conflict in space
By Tory Shepherd, Published by the Guardian, 28 November 2022 Attacks on satellites could take out GPS systems, banking systems, power grids, and affect military operations, panel at space conference says It would no longer be “life as we know it” if a space war destroyed the satellites that the
By Kevin Knodell, Published by Star Advertiser, 23 November 2022 Brig. Gen. Anthony Mastalir will lead the new organization, which initially will be made up of fewer than a hundred troops, known as Guardians. The newest branch of the U.S. military opened its first regional command Tuesday in Hawaii: U.S.
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 15 November 2022 Boeing and Northrop Grumman in 2020 won separate contracts to develop Protected Tactical Satcom payloads WASHINGTON — A satellite communications payload Boeing developed for the U.S. Space Force successfully demonstrated it can prevent jamming attacks, the company said Nov. 15. The
