By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 1 September 2022 Satellite terminals in Alaska will be the main connection to the new EPS-R payloads that will launch in 2023 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force has started building a gateway site at Clear Space Force Station, Alaska, where it will operate
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 23 August 2022 Aerospace study: 'In crises and conflicts, commercial space actors risk getting caught in the middle of a tense and escalatory environment' WASHINGTON — Experts have labeled the Ukraine conflict the first commercial space war due to the extensive use of private-sector
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 13 September 2022 U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Operations, Cyber, and Nuclear, provides an update on force generation to senior leaders at Headquarters, Space Operations Command on April 26, 2022. (U.S. Space Force photo
By David Dickenson, Published by Phys.org 15 August 2022 It's one of the stranger sights of the modern Space Age. Recently, we found ourselves under the relatively dark skies of southern Spain. Sure enough, within a few minutes, we caught sight of a chain of flashing "stars" winking in and
By Chris Young, Published by Interesting Engineering, 11 August 2022 And cleaning up the resulting space debris would be like 'collecting bullets'. SpaceX's Starlink mega-constellation is growing at rocket speed. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk recently announced that the private space company expects "over 4,200 Starlink satellites in operation within 18 months", constituting
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 4 August 2022 “We're proliferating our architecture,” said NRO Director Chris Scolese WASHINGTON — The head of the National Reconnaissance Office said the agency will continue to build large, bespoke satellites but also will increasingly rely on lower cost commercial smallsats and payloads developed
By Kyle Mizokami, Published by Popular Mechanics, 1 August 2022 The war in Ukraine, like every war, has seen innovation and the rise of new weapon systems.The five-month-old war has elevated drones, rockets, and electronic warfare as new masters of the battlefield.Weapons like HIMARS rocket systems were primed and ready
By Natasha May, Published by the Guardian, 1 August 2022 Astrophysicist Brad Tucker says he often gets calls from people who think they’ve found space junk but the scorched metal found by two farmers is ‘very real’ The Australian Space Agency is investigating space debris found in farmland in the
