2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (397+ words) The Space Force has selected a site in north Texas as the preferred location for the final site of its new Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability, the service announced Sept. 9. Pending final approvals, construction on the new radar and accompanying…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (314+ words) U.S. Space Command maneuvered satellites across low-, medium-, and geosynchronous orbits in an exercise early this month, advancing the command’s push to master dynamic operations in space. SPACECOM announced the completion of Apollo Maneuvers 2026 in a Sept. 8 release, a month after…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (446+ words) The Space Force expects the scope of its main launch program to grow by 91 missions and nearly $17 billion by fiscal 2032 as demand for national security space capabilities soars. Those increases are revealed in the latest version of the National Security…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (594+ words) President Donald Trump on Aug. 28 announced plans to establish a U.S. Space Academy to bolster the country’s workforce and educate “the next generation” of space experts. Charles Galbreath, director of the Mitchell Institute’s Spacepower Advantage Center of Excellence, said the concept…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (337+ words) A new White House policy calls for the Pentagon to craft plans for additional space launch facilities to support a projected increase in launch demand that could see the U.S. supporting as many as 1,000 launches by 2030, more than a fivefold increase…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (394+ words) While Pentagon officials have revealed some details about the architecture behind the Golden Dome missile defense project, crafting an independent cost estimate for a largely classified program remains a challenge, experts said Aug. 19. These wide-ranging projections point to the lack…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (531+ words) The Space Force activated the 1st Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron earlier this month, a new unit with a few unique characteristics—it is manned mostly by former Air National Guardsmen, and it is the service’s first EW unit to be equipped with…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (537+ words) The Space Force announced five new contract awards for its Space Data Network, broadening the vendor base for the proliferated data transport constellation. “By combining on-orbit testing of high-speed optical communications routing with rigorous physical, electrical, and data interface standards,…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (481+ words) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink, and Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force John F. Bentivegna paid tribute to Gen. B. Chance Saltzman at the Chief of Space Operations’ retirement ceremony Aug....

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (492+ words) HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—The head of U.S. Space Command said Aug. 12 that operations in Iran have shown just how vulnerable ground-based space assets—particularly missile defense systems—are to attack and called for a more resilient, mobile architecture. At the same…...