(left to right) Capt. Brandon Johnson, Lt. Matt Ress, and Lt. Jennifer Leo work at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab Multi-Mission Operations Center in Laurel, Maryland. Credit: Space Systems Command/ Lt. Col. Laila Barasha By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 26 September 2023 Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
RS1 rocket. Credit: ABL Space Systems By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 18 September 2023 The $15 million task order is part of a $60 million STRATFI agreement announced in March WASHINGTON — ABL Space Systems, a California-based launch startup that has yet to reach orbit, received a $15 million
By George Allison, Published by UK Defence Journal, 26 August 2023 The UK Space Agency has unveiled the first beneficiaries of its £20 million International Bililateral Fund. The initiative is aimed at fostering collaborations between UK organisations and their counterparts from the US, Canada, Australia, Japan, India, Singapore, South Africa,
By Patrick Tucker, Published by Defense One, 21 August 2023 Seventy-two satellites, which will begin launching in 2026, will be “the space backbone for the Joint All Domain Command and Control.” The Space Development Agency awarded Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin contracts to each build 36 satellites to carry data in
U.S. Space Force Maj. Gen. David Miller, U.S. Space Command Director, Operations, Training and Force Development, addressed Academic Fair attendees at the USSPACECOM inaugural event, Mar. 8, 2022, held at the U.S. Air Force Academy Falcon Club. (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Philip Wagner, Jr.) By Theresa Hitchens, Published
By Rachel Schike, Published by Washington Examiner, 16 June 2023 The United States and China, two of the world's largest superpowers, are locked in a battle to achieve supremacy in the final frontier — space. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, China has stepped forward to challenge the U.S.
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking defense, 3 April 2023 The Resilient Missile Warning/Missile Tracking - MEO constellation will be incrementally developed in two- to three-year cycles by Space Systems Command. WASHINGTON — With a prospective budget boost in fiscal 2024 as a tailwind, the Space Force is speeding towards
By Mark R. Whittington, Published by The Hill, 26 March 2023 The political question of whether the International Space Station (ISS) was worth the money was answered when an amendment to kill the orbiting space lab failed by one vote in the House of Representatives in 1993. Ironically, the late
