The L3Harris-built (NYSE: LHX) advanced Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) has successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket. NTS-3 is the Department of […]
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ULA, GO Vulcan! GO Centaur! GO USSF-106! and they did!
ULA’s recap: The United launch Alliance rocket departed Space Launch Complex-41 on Tuesday night at 8:56 p.m. EDT. The GEM 63XL solid rocket boosters burned for approximately 90 seconds and […]
Modernized GPS operating system closer to operational integration
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Operations Command has accepted a modernized operating system for Global Positioning System (GPS), which is designed to maintain resiliency of the constellation and improve positioning, […]
Statement: U. S. Space Force Field Commands successfully launch GPS III, demonstrating expedited launch capabilities
Statement from: U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command and Space Operations Command, once again marching to an accelerated timeline, successfully placed another GPS M-code satellite into orbit. The team, working […]
Forrester’s Digest: Iridium to start testing D2D
Iridium, already a popular satellite system and in favor with military and first responders, says it will begin testing its satellite direct-to-device (D2D) service this summer with Norway’s Nordic Semiconductor. […]
Sierra Space demos resilient GPS satellite tech for USSF satellite program
Sierra Space has successfully demonstrated the company’s Resilient GPS (R-GPS) technology for the U.S. Space Force (USSF). This major accomplishment, generating all GPS navigation signals required for the R-GPS mission, […]
Slingshot Aerospace to provide tech to USSF to detect GPS jamming + spoofing threats
Slingshot Aerospace, Inc. has been awarded $1.9 million from the United States Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) to further develop Slingshot’s existing GPS jamming and spoofing detection, as […]
SpaceX to finally send off mysterious RRT-1 mission on Monday
SpaceX teams continue to keep a close eye on the weather as we work toward the next best launch opportunity of the RRT-1 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) […]
Ligado can sue U.S. Government for $39bn in claims that the government stole its L-band spectrum
Ligado Networks can proceed with their claim for $39 billion (€36.9bn) in damages and compensation from the U.S. government for what it claims – in essence – is the theft […]
NASA-developed technology supports ocean wind speed measurements from commercial satellite
A science antenna developed with support from NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO) is now in low-Earth orbit aboard MuSat2, a commercial remote-sensing satellite flown by the aerospace company Muon […]