Derek Tournear, the director of the U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA), has been placed on administrative leave, “pending the results of an investigation.”
As the U.S. Space Force hones its next-gen multi-orbit missile-warning architecture, two elements reached milestones toward building out the GEO and LEO layers.
The House Armed Services and Senate Armed Services committees are providing one of the U.S. Space Force’s procurement offices with a boost in resources.
Europe’s efforts to foster space entrepreneurship are being hampered by market fragmentation and a lack of risk-taking mindset, say investors and executives.
As satellite operators turn to smaller, proliferated spacecraft to protect space-based capabilities, industry sees ground stations as a new target for attacks.
The Denver-based aerospace company is on contract for more than 130 satellites to build out the SDA’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA).
The Space Development Agency’s first operational satellites are scheduled to launch early next year due to supply chain issues that prevented a 2024 launch.
