A U.S. space domain awareness payload hosted on Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite 6 successfully launched on a Japanese H-3 launch vehicle from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s […]
U.S. Space Systems Command
GPS III SV-07 receives operational acceptance
The U.S. Space Force transferred Satellite Control Authority of the Global Positioning System (GPS) III Space Vehicle 07, to the 2nd Navigation Warfare Squadron, Mission Delta 31, operating at Schriever […]
U.S. Space Systems Command selects L3Harris to design resilient GPS satellite concepts
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has received a contract from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command to design concepts for Phase 0 of the Resilient Global Positioning System (R-GPS) program. The […]
Northrop Grumman’s Protected Tactical SATCOM Rapid Prototype Payload is assembled
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has successfully completed the assembly and testing of the company’s Protected Tactical Satcom Rapid Prototype (PTS-P) payload and delivered it to the company’s facility in […]
Space Systems Command (SSC) awards $211 million Space C2 DevSecOps contract
U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded a $211 million contract to Systems Planning & Analysis, Inc. to provide Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps) Platform and Space […]
Lockheed Martin’s newest tech demo for space connectivity is ready for launch
Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] newest technology demonstration, called the Tactical Satellite (TacSat), is complete and ready for launch in 2025 aboard a Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket. TacSat is an intelligence, surveillance […]
Northrop Grumman completes activation of the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission capabilities
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has successfully handed over mission operations of Space Norway’s Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM) satellites and completed activation of U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems […]
Anduril awarded Program of Record contract to modernize Space Surveillance Network
Anduril has been awarded a $99.7 million Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract and a five-year Program of Record designation by U.S. Space Systems Command to deliver Lattice as a […]
USSF’s Space Systems Command’s Tetra-1 satellite is mission complete
After helping more than 250 U.S. Space Force Guardians and operators experiment and train with various tactics, techniques, and procedures in geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO), the Tetra-1 satellite has completed […]
Astranis to develop next-generation Resilient GPS satellites for U.S.S.F.’s Space Systems Command
Astranis has been selected as a prime contractor for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command’s (SSC) new Resilient GPS (R-GPS) program — Astranis is one of four awarded […]