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The Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing/Space (APNT/Space) Cross-Functional Team (CFT) has concluded a 64 day stratospheric flight demo using Airbus’s Zephyr 8, ultra-long endurance, solar-powered, unmanned air system (UAS). Launched […]
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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit-6 (SBIRS GEO 6) mission for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command lifted off […]
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If confirmed by the Senate, Lieutenant General B. Chance Saltzman will become the service’s highest ranking officer and the second Chief of Space Operations in the young service’s history. Saltzman […]
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Slingshot 1 is the first-ever Blue Canyon 12U CubeSat bus carrying 19 payloads to low Earth orbit. Small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies LLC (“BCT” or […]
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Space Systems Command (SSC) officials and other agencies involved in Space Domain Awareness (SDA) will meet with traditional and non-traditional space industry professionals July 28th in Colorado Springs to exchange […]
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Space Systems Command and Long Beach-based Virgin Orbit National Systems, a US-incorporated, wholly-owned subsidiary of Virgin Orbit, successfully air-launched seven Department of Defense Research and Development satellites for the U.S. […]
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Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB)’s launch system is in place at the Mojave Air and Space Port. The dress rehearsals are complete and the company remains on track for their upcoming […]
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Ball Aerospace successfully completed critical design review (CDR) for the NOAA Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) spacecraft — the company will now proceed with production, integration and testing of […]
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Viasat Inc., (NASDAQ: VSAT) has opened a new office in Aberdeen, Maryland, located in Harford County, on the U.S. Army’s Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) installation — this new office will […]
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The U.S. Space Force has awarded Launcher Space $1.7 million to further develop the company’s E-2 engine, which was proven earlier this month at NASA Stennis Space Center to be […]
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