Space Force rehearses mobilization of private satellite assets during orbital emergencies

The Space Force wants to leverage commercial space capabilities during wartime through a Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve. (Jumpeestudio) By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 21 July 2025 The two-day exercise held in Colorado Springs marked the second in a series of Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve (CASR) wargames WASHINGTON —

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‘Sparring in space’ – BBC gains rare access to US base tracking global missile strikes

Space Force operators monitor missile-warning satellite data at the Overhead Persistent Infrared Battlespace Awareness Center at Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado. Credit: Space Systems Command By Jonathan Beale, Published by the BBC, 16 July 2025 There's a short sharp shout: "Launch Yemen!" The men and women in uniform sitting in

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US Space Force practices ‘orbital warfare’ in largest-ever training event

U.S. Space Force Col. Jay Steingold, left center, Resolute Space 2025 exercise director, speaks alongside Royal Australian Air Force Group Captain Darrell May, center, Space Forces Indo-Pacific deputy commander, and USSF Lt. Col. Shawn Green, left, RS25 exercise deputy director, during kickoff outside of SFI headquarters on Joint Base Pearl

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Involvement in US strikes on Iran could make Australia a target, experts warn as government tight-lipped on Pine Gap

Prof Richard Tanter, said it was a “realistic assessment” that the Pine Gap joint defence facility near Alice Springs might be involved in some capacity in Sunday’s bombardment. Photograph of Pine Gap: STF/AFP By Ben Doherty and Dan Jervis-Bardy, Published by The Guardian, 23 June 2025 Calls for more transparency

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Dstl announces Orpheus satellite mission contract

From the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Published by Gov.uk, 16 June 2025 The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has awarded the £5.15 million satellite contract for the Orpheus space domain awareness mission to Astroscale UK. This will be a successor to the Prometheus-2 and CIRCE missions that were

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