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
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 22 June 2022 The Pentagon plans to spend nearly $13 billion over the next five years to develop and acquire military communications satellites. According to U.S. Department of Defense budget documents, this large investment supports growing demands for connectivity and secure data networks across
By Courtney Albon, Published by C4ISRNET, 15 June 2022 WASHINGTON — When Lt. Gen. Chance Saltzman thinks about how the Space Force will train its Guardians and test its systems in the future, he pictures an integrated, digital infrastructure. Saltzman, the service’s deputy chief of space operations, cyber and nuclear,
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 9 June 2022 The payloads are scheduled to lift off in 2023 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force announced June 8 it delivered the first of two military communications payloads that will launch
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 2 June, 2022 The review, to set out Space Force's "playing field," was tasked to the Defense Department and the IC by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, said Lt. Gen. Bill Liquori, Space Force head of strategy and plans. WASHINGTON: The Pentagon and
