DARC technical demonstrator in White Sands, New Mexico By USSF Major Jacob Singleton, Published by Space Systems Command, 29 May 2025 EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - The engineer took a brief pause from holding his breath to shout, “Steady!” Sweat dripped down his forehead partly from the 100º F weather, but
GSSAP (Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program) By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 29 April 2025 WASHINGTON — In a significant departure from traditional defense procurement practices, the U.S. Space Force is moving to replace its specialized military satellites used for geostationary surveillance with systems built and operated by commercial
Firefly’s Alpha rocket will launch the mysterious Victus Sol mission for the Space Force. (Firefly Aerospace / Trevor Mahlmann) By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 16 April 2025 While the current focus on the TacRS program is space domain awareness, Col. Bryon McClain, SSC's head of Space Domain Awareness
LeoLabs’ new radar site in Arizona in December 2024. Photo courtesy of LeoLabs By Greg Hadley, Published by Air and Space Forces, 15 April 2025 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo - As the Space Force looks to expand its ability to track objects in orbit, a series of ground-based radars coming in
By Jason Rainbow, Published by Space News, 11 April 2025 A successful space economy depends on making sense of exploding data and navigating new national agendas. TAMPA, Fla. — Space businesses are under pressure to adapt as artificial intelligence and shifting geopolitics reshape their industry in ways that are still
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, Sept. 28, 2024. The rocket carried U.S. Space Force Col. Nick Hague in a Dragon spacecraft that he is set to pilot to the International Space Station. This Crew-9 launch marks the
By Faris Tanyos, Published by CBS News, 4 April 2025 Gen. Timothy Haugh, the head of both the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, has been fired by the Trump administration, the top Democrats on the House and Senate intelligence committees confirmed late Thursday night, along with a source
A SpaceX Falcon rocket lifted of from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) to begin the NROL-69 mission on behalf of the National Reconnaissance Office and the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 24 March 2025 WASHINGTON — A SpaceX
