Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman has announced that Space Systems Command’s Front Door initiative has been renamed the Space Force Front Door during his keynote address at the […]
U.S. Space Force renames ‘Front Door’ to reflect broader impact on industry collaboration
Space.com news post of interest: The U.S. military just moved a satellite to inspect a UK spacecraft 22,000 miles above Earth
Author: Brett Tingley, Managing Editor, Space.com “We are now, with our allies, conducting advanced orbital operations to protect and defend our shared national and military interests in space.” In a […]
Rocket Lab’s HASTE program sends JENNA on her mission
Rocket Lab successfully launched the JENNA mission, a suborbital flight under its Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test (HASTE) program, from Wallops Island, Virginia, on September 22, 2025, around 7:45 PM EDT. […]
L-3 ULA Update: GO! for launch of Atlas V Kuiper 3 mission
Launch Readiness Review completedThe Launch Readiness Review (LRR) is GO for Thursday’s liftoff of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with another batch of production satellites for Amazon’s Project […]
SES’s acquisition of Intelsat creates a global multi-orbit connectivity powerhouse
SES, a leading space solutions company, today announced the completion of its highly value accretive acquisition of Intelsat, creating a strengthened global satellite operator with an expanded fleet of 120 […]
INNOSPACE signs multi-launch service contract with Germany’s Media Broadcast Satellite (MBS)
INNOSPACE (KS:462350) has signed a multi-launch service contract worth $5.8 million with Media Broadcast Satellite GmbH (“MBS”) in Germany. Under the agreement, INNOSPACE will carry out two HANBIT launch missions […]
SpaceX launches and lands NROL-48 on secret mission in dense fog from California on Monday
On Monday, September 22 at 10:38 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched the NROL-48 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The are […]
Rocket Lab’s 2 Mars-bound spacecraft arrive in Florida ahead of their launch
Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) has delivered two Explorer-class spacecraft to Kennedy Space Flight Center for NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission, in partnership with the […]
Forrester’s Digest: Starlink ups plans to 44,988 satellites
SpaceX has filed a formal application to te Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for permission to launch thousands of extra satellites into very low Earth orbit (VLEO). The scheme will take […]
Sandia + Los Alamos: Space-based nuclear detonation detection mission endures
Roughly 12,550 miles above Earth, a constellation of U.S. global positioning satellites orbits the planet. GPS satellites also carry a sophisticated system designed to detect above ground nuclear detonations anytime, […]