U.S. Space Force

The U.S. Space Force has released a draft request for proposals for new satellites under the RG-XX program, an Oct. 21 notice says.

The U.S. Space Force has tapped Vantor to help it track high-interest objects on orbit using non-Earth imaging, the company announced Oct. 22.

Amid increasing competition among the stars, the United States and its allies are asserting themselves more clearly on space control.

iRocket reports a successful flight test of the company’s 2.75-in. IRX-100 version of the Hydra 70 rocket system.

The U.S. Space Force expects to launch the next Space Development Agency (SDA) mission on Oct. 14 from Vandenberg SFB, California, with six backup windows available, Space Launch Delta (SLD) 30 said Oct. 8.

Stoke Space has raised $510 million in a Series D funding round led by US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT).

The U.S. Space Force has seen its foreign military sales cases grow exponentially in the past four years.

The U.S. Space Force has awarded space remote sensing company Muon Space a multi-million-dollar weather monitoring contract.

Blue Origin will build a new payload processing facility at Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, under a U.S. Space Force contract announced Oct. 7.

As Beijing races to match U.S. capabilities in orbit, the Pentagon warns of rising threats across all orbital layers.

The U.S. Space Force has assigned five future missions to SpaceX and two missions to United Launch Alliance (ULA).

The U.S. Space Force’s next neighborhood watchdog spacecraft could be the first operational system capable of on-orbit refueling.

U.S. Space Force Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy made waves when he disclosed that he wants refuelable space situational awareness satellites.

The U.S. Space Force has accepted the Advanced Tracking and Launch Analysis System (ATLAS) for operational use.

Lasers, maneuvering satellites and spaceplanes are getting more attention as Western militaries look to counter threats to their space systems.

The U.S. Space Force expects to soon receive the first Counter Communications System Meadowlands electronic warfare jamming production unit.

Future U.S. Space Force program solicitations may include one or two extra spacecraft to serve as on-orbit testbeds or aggressor trainers.

The U.S. Space Force wants its next-generation space situational awareness satellites to have a refueling capability.

The U.S. Space Force is preparing a new document meant to serve as the “authoritative source” for requirements planning through 2040.

The U.S. Space Force on Sept. 18 released a request for prototype proposals for space-based interceptors, with responses due Oct. 2.

The U.S. is “pushing hard” to maintain control in the space domain, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said Sept. 22.

True Anomaly next year aims to achieve key milestones to underpin the defense space startup’s growth strategy, including the first demonstration of its Jackal spacecraft in geosynchronous orbit.

With its first Tranche 1 launch complete, the Space Development Agency has begun deploying a regional mesh network to enhance data relay from low Earth orbit.

Space startups and tech companies are banding together to demonstrate their products with national security missions in mind.

NASA has selected four crewmembers for its second 378-day simulation of living and working on the surface of Mars.