The Honorable Stephanie L. O’Sullivan was elected chair of The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) Board of Trustees, effective June 11. Retired U.S. Air Force General Paul J. Selva will serve as […]
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UPDATE: Going… Going… Great! The USSF’s GPS III SV05 Satellite Experiences A Successful SpaceX Falcon 9 Push To Orbit
Launched on June 17, 2021, the GPS III Space Vehicle 05 (GPS III SV05) is the latest, next-generation, GPS III satellite, a warfighting system owned and operated by the U.S. […]
The Contract To Develop The SICRAL 3 Defense SATCOM System Won By Thales Alenia Space + Telespazio
Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio have signed a contract with the Italian Ministry of Defense, represented by TELEDIFE / Secretariat General of Defense, for the development of the SICRAL 3 […]
SpaceX Launch Of USSF’s GPS III SV05 Weather Forecast For June 17 Launch
Courtesy of the United States Space Force and the USAF’s 45th Weather Squadron at Patrick Air Force Base, here’s the forecast as of June 16 for the SpaceX Falcon 9 […]
Enhanced, Military-Grade Encryption To Be Integrated Into Viasat’s First-Ever, Link 16-Capable, Smallsat
Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) will integrate their In-line Network Encryptor (INE) into the world’s first Link 16-capable LEO satellite, which the company is developing for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory […]
The USSF’s NROL-111 Launch Via Minotaur From NASA’s Wallops Heads To Orbit
The U.S. Space Force successfully launched a classified payload on June 15 for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) aboard a Minotaur I rocket at 9:35 a.m. EDT from NASA’s Wallops Flight […]
U.S. DoD Awards Ovzon With Million$ Order
Ovzon has received a new order for service from the U.S. Department of Defense (U.S. DoD) through the firm’s partner, Intelsat General Communications (IGC) — this one-year order represents an […]
Northrop Grumman Successfully Launches USSF / SMC’s TacRL-2 Payload
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has successfully launched the Tactically Responsive Launch-2 (TacRL-2) payload into orbit for the U.S. Space Force (USSF), Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), using the […]
Encapsulation of GPS III SV05 Completed @ Cape Canaveral Space Force Station For A June 17 Launch
The U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space and Missile Systems Center’s (SMC) Lockheed Martin-built GPS III Space Vehicle 05 satellite was encapsulated within a SpaceX payload fairing at Astrotech Space Operations […]
Mynaric Demos Laser Comms Using The Space Development Agency’s OISL Standard
Late last month, Mynaric (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: M0Y, ISIN: DE000A0JCY11) successfully demo’d their implementation of the Optical Inter-Satellite Link (OISL) Standard of the Space Development Agency (SDA). The demonstration marks […]