U.S. Space Force

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

By Graham Warwick
Power-dense motors; controls from high flyers; rechargeable thermal battery; in-space refueling port.
Emerging Technologies

By Irene Klotz
The rocket lifted off from China’s Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on Aug. 6 with 18 Qianfan “Thousand Sails” satellites.
Space

By Vivienne Machi
Experts from the U.S. and Australia have performed tests on the Defense Advanced GPS Receiver (DAGR) in an anechoic chamber to mimic contested and limited GPS conditions.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Vivienne Machi
The CODA system automatically translates and standardizes commercially derived data points to support space domain awareness missions.
Space

By Garrett Reim
The Space Systems Command’s System Engineering Review Board recommended the fueling port.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
Senate appropriators are seeking to reverse some of the Pentagon’s proposed development cutbacks as part of an $852.2 billion fiscal 2025 defense spending bill.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
The Pentagon is exploring using commercial launch vehicles for point-to-point delivery by the 2030s.
Space