U.S. Space Force

By Robert Wall, Thierry Dubois
Chinese and Russia anti-satellite capabilities are driving Western militaries to pursue better situational awareness and countermeasures.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve is a peacetime effort to develop capacity that the U.S. military can tap during times of conflict or crisis.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
The service’s Evolved Strategic Satcom (ESS) program office is completing source selection and expects to announce a contract award by early 2025.
AFA Air Space and Cyber Conference

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force plans to incorporate optical crosslinks into its next wave of missile warning satellites for use in medium Earth orbit.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The service launched the Tactical Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Tracking (TacSRT) pilot program in early 2024.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The Space Force’s Commercial Space Office wants commercial options for maneuverable satellites that can operate in geostationary orbit.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The Next-Gen OPIR program includes two satellites for use in geostationary orbit (GEO).
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
With testing and integration still ahead, the New Glenn will miss its Mars launch debut.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The company is jointly opening two new facilities in Colorado called “Victory Works.”
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The UK is undergoing a major overhaul of its military satellite communications architecture.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The Space Development Agency is about to put the first operational satellites in its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture on orbit.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The Space Force requested $29.6 billion in fiscal 2025, representing about 3.5% of the overall Defense Department budget request.
Space

By Vivienne Machi
The Space Force is now having conversations about how much funding for the MTI mission might be included in the fiscal 2026 budget request.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Irene Klotz
“It’s a tough day for many in our company,” ABL founder and CEO Harry O’Hanley wrote on LinkedIn on Aug. 29.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
The service is taking the Rocket Systems Launch Program back to its customer-funded roots, but small launchers still have routes to work with the government.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
The Next-Gen OPIR program includes two satellites for use in geostationary orbit.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Launch of the Crew-9 Freedom Dragon capsule is planned for no earlier than Sept. 24.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
New technologies are leveraging the advantages of GEO.
Satellites

By Guy Norris
U.S. Space Command's Gen. Stephen Whiting supports plans by the U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command to increase its space personnel and space control.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
The trilateral n Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability program involves the standup of a network of ground-based radars by the end of the decade.
Space

By Vivienne Machi
The first U.S. military payload to be hosted aboard an international partner’s spacecraft is now in orbit.
Space

By Vivienne Machi
The service is contemplating nonkinetic space fires and new roles for its soldiers in a changing era of space-based warfare.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
The resilient missile warning/missile tracking (MW/MT) in the MEO Epoch 2 constellation could include up to 18 satellites.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the first U.S. military payloads to be hosted onboard allied commercial satellites launched on Aug. 11.
Space