USSF defines path to space superiority in 1st warfighting framework
The United States Space Force (USSF) has released the Space Warfighting framework that outlines the service's vision for achieving and maintaining space superiority, while ensuring the long-term safety and sustainability of the space domain. This landmark document underscores the critical ...
Northrop Grumman’s “superb launch” NROL-174 on secret reconnaissance mission for Space Force and NRO
A Minotaur 4 rocket launches from Space Launch Complex-8 Thursday, April 22, 2010. Image: Vandenberg Space Force Base The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), in partnership with U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Small Launch and Targets Division, Space Launch ...
Creotech Instruments secures a 52 million euros contract with ESA for the CAMILA constellation
Creotech Instruments SA has signed the largest contract with the European Space Agency (ESA), a landmark 52 million euros contract for the CAMILA (Country Awareness Mission in Land Analysis) satellite constellation. Under the contract, Creotech Instruments will provide a national ...
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SpaceX launches NASA’s CRS-32 commercial resupply mission to ISS
On Monday, April 21 at 4:15 a.m. ET, SpaceX's Falcon 9 launched Dragon’s 32nd Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-32) to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photos by Satnews. Following ...
UPDATE: United Launch Alliance Amazon Project Kuiper launch targeting April 28
(Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., April 18, 2025) - Kuiper 1, the launch of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 551 rocket carrying the first production satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper, is now planned for April 28, 2025 ...
Space Systems Command partners with the National Reconnaissance Office for Proliferated Architecture Mission
Statement from: The U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Assured Access to Space (AATS) organization and their mission partners successfully supported the launch of the National Reconnaissance Office Launch (NROL)-145 mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket today ...
Earth-Moon space now occupied by a three satellite Chinese constellation
Screnshot China has successfully established the world's first three-satellite constellation based on the Distant Retrograde Orbit (DRO) in the Earth-moon region of space, laying a foundation for the exploration and utilization of space, and for future crewed deep-space exploration. Image ...
SpaceX’s Easter Sunday super foggy NROL-145 launch on a secret reconnaissance mission
On a very foggy Easter Sunday, April 20, at 5:29 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched the NROL-145 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This launch is the tenth batch of satellites ...
ForgeStar®-1 begins journey to orbit for breakthrough in-space manufacturing mission
Space Forge has shipped ForgeStar®-1—made in Wales and the UK’s first In-Space Advanced Manufacturing (ISAM) mission—to the U.S. prior to the spacecraft's launch later this year. As a next generation materials manufacturer, Space Forge is harnessing the unmatched conditions of ...
Dawn Aerospace secures flight collaboration with U.S. universities for suborbital research
Dawn Aerospace will be flying research payloads from three leading U.S. institutions—Arizona State University, California Polytechnic State University, and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab—on the company's rocket-powered aircraft, the Mk-II Aurora. Mk-II Aurora in flight, image courtesy of Dawn Aerospace ...
Maxar launches Raptor—first-of-its-kind software that unlocks next-gen GPS resilience for autonomous systems
Maxar Intelligence last month launched Raptor, a powerful software suite that enables autonomous drones to navigate and extract accurate ground coordinates in the absence of GPS. This technology transforms the resilience and reliability of unmanned systems, enabling autonomy at scale ...
Next mission to ISS features nanomaterials to treat osteoarthritis + more
A project to manufacture nanomaterials that could provide new treatments for osteoarthritis and cancer joins a trio of investigations funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and more on SpaceX's 32nd Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission for NASA to ...
Application optimized satellite + space platform lenses
Resolve Optics is a well-established designer and supplier of application optimized satellite and space platform lenses. These lenses are essential components of cameras, optical instruments and sensors used to observe the Earth, explore space, and remotely conduct scientific research. They ...
