By Karl Grossman, Presented at the Space Tourism: Legal Dimensions Conference, 29 January 2022 The push to turn space into a war zone could spell goodbye to space tourism. The space tourism drive that is underway, led by billionaires Jeff Bezos with his Blue Origin company, Richard Branson and his
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 31 January 2022 The Senate version of the 2022 defense appropriations bill also includes $50 million, a House aide explained, but the House version only includes $5 million. WASHINGTON: A dozen House members have signed a letter to the chair and ranking member
By Adrianna Nine, Published by ExtremeTech, 26 January 2022 The US Air Force’s Space Force has launched two new satellites. GSSAP-5 and GSSAP-6, two long-awaited satellites built by Northrop Grumman, were dispatched from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station late last week. Their mission? Surveillance. The “GSSAP” in each name
By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 21 January 2022 The twin spacecraft will help keep tabs on the traffic in geosynchronous orbit. A powerful United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket launched two "neighborhood watch" satellites for the United States Space Force on Friday (Jan. 21). The Atlas V lifted
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 19 January 2022 At the start of 2021, key questions loomed for the U.S. military space community: Would the Space Force survive under President Biden? Could the Defense Department’s space agency really build a megaconstellation? And when would United Launch Alliance fly the long-awaited
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 13 January 2022 Lisa Costa was appointed chief technology and innovation officer of the Space Force in September 2021 WASHINGTON — Lisa Costa, chief technology and innovation officer of the U.S. Space Force, said the service is eyeing investments in edge computing, data centers
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 12 January 2022 The reorganization is moving forward as SDA ramps up the procurement of satellites for its low Earth orbit constellation WASHINGTON — The Space Development Agency, created in 2019 as a separate entity under the Office of the Secretary of Defense, will
By Courtney Albon, Published by C4ISRNET, 11 January 2022 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force is developing an acquisition strategy to buy weather data as a service and may release an official solicitation later this year. While the Department of Defense has historically relied on its own electro-optical satellites to
