By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 1 March 2026 Officials says commercial data and software can sharpen space threat detection WASHINGTON — One of the U.S. Space Force’s most sensitive missions — tracking foreign satellites and predicting whether they could threaten American spacecraft — is increasingly drawing on commercial
Image source: Blacklisted News Published by Military Watch Magazine, 27 February 2026 The head of the U.S. Space Force Combat Forces Command Lieutenant General Gregory Gagnon has stressed the importance of being able to attack and destroy Chinese satellites and other space assets, as a core part of achieving what
An illustration of the Golden Dome. Credit: Arcfield By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 26 February 2026 Gen. Chance Saltzman, Space Force chief, said the work already done to design a satellite system for tracking ground targets should also help speed AMTI capabilities to orbit. WASHINGTON — The Space
By Courtney Albon, Published by Air & Space Forces, 26 February 2026 Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites are a space-based capability operating in the near-geosynchronous orbit regime supporting U.S. Space Command space surveillance operations as a dedicated Space Surveillance Network (SSN) sensor. AURORA, Colo.—Guardians in the Space Force’s
Crews of the National Space Defense Center at Schriever Space Force Base, Colo. provide threat-focused space domain awareness across the national security space enterprise. (U.S. Space Force photo by Kathryn Damon) By Courtney Albon, Publsihed by Air & Space Forces, 19 February 2026 The Space Force team responsible for developing
An illustration of the Golden Dome. Credit: Arcfield By Ryan Frigm, Published by Space News, 19 February 2026 If the United States wants to defend the homeland against the next generation of missile and aerial threats, hardware alone will not save us. Sensors, radars and interceptors are necessary but no
An artist illustration depicts an Orbit Fab on-orbit fuel shuttle, center, as it leaves its fuel station, left, and prepares to dock and refuel a satellite outfitted with the company's Rapidly Attachable Fluid Transfer Interface (RAFTI) to significantly extend satellite mission life and return on investment versus expensive, inefficient one-and-done
(Image: U.S. Space Force) By Bill Gertz, Published by The Washington Times, 11 February 2026 Space-based missiles, killer robots part of U.S. effort to obtain orbital dominance The U.S. Space Force is accelerating the deployment of counterspace weapons under a new Trump administration policy aimed at reasserting and ensuring American dominance over China and Russia in
