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ULA launches spy satellite from Florida after weather delays
Nov 13, 2020 (UPI)
United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket lifted off at 5:32 p.m. EST from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. After just a few minutes in flig...
Trump bans investment in firms that aid China's military
Nov 13, 2020 (AFP)
The order listed 31 companies Thursday it said China was using for the "increasing exploitation" of US investment capital to fund military and intelligence serv...
Doubling down on space safety
Nov 13, 2020 (SPX)
The Safety Center's Space Safety Division will continue to call Kirtland Air Force Base home, while remaining steadfast in their commitment to promote and enhan...
Marines activate U.S. Space Command component
Nov 13, 2020 (UPI)
The organization, Marine Corps Forces Space Command, or MARFORSPACE, joins the Marines' Cyberspace Command as a service component of USSPACECOM, which is respon...
Colombian Air Force initiates its 2nd Nanosatellite mission with GomSpace
Nov 13, 2020 (SPX)
The FACSAT-2 project comprises design, manufacture, test and operation of an advanced 6U remote sensing spacecraft. The program will build on the successful col...
Raymond document outlines Space Force's management practices, priorities, and identity
Nov 10, 2020 (AFNS)
Entitled "Chief of Space Operations' Planning Guidance," the 16-page formal guidance carries far more weight, insight and significance than its title suggests. ...
Space Force leads first training exercise since its inception
Nov 09, 2020 (UPI)
The wargame began in 2001 under Air Force Space Command, and this week's event was the 14th iteration of the exercise - and the first under the direction of the...
A new world of warcraft
Nov 04, 2020 (SPX)
"I've learned that in some circumstances, remote war-fighting technologies such as drones can lead to a ratcheting down of tensions, and that it might even serv...
AFRL's newest lab to boost nation's space capabilities
Nov 04, 2020 (AFNS)
Construction of the $4 million, 7,000+ square foot laboratory began in December 2019. Scientists and engineers working in this new laboratory will continue the ...
Putin: Russia prioritising increasing space satellite group and building advanced satellites
Nov 03, 2020 (Sputnik)
Russia's priorities in the space industry are to increase the orbital satellite group, build advanced satellites, and more innovative rockets, President Vladimi...
Barrett, Raymond highlight Space Force's achievements, path forward
Oct 30, 2020 (AFNS)
"Increasingly, free and open access to space is under threat. Though the United States will not be the aggressor in space, we will, we must, build a Space Force...
US Space Force May Provide Security for Private Sector Assets in Future, Commander Says
Oct 28, 2020 (Sputnik)
"I don't think it's tomorrow. But I would [not] rule it out," Raymond said. "Maybe not today or tomorrow or 10 years from now, but I do believe that if you look...
NATO to build 'Space Centre' in Germany
Oct 22, 2020 (AFP)
As well as a US airbase, the German facility also houses NATO's Allied Air Command. "Space is of great importance for what we can do on the earth -- communicati...
TriSept inks US Army cubesat mission set to launch aboard a Rocket Lab Electron
Oct 22, 2020 (SPX)
As part of the demonstration mission, the U.S. Army's Space and Missile Defense Command will test a proven small satellite bus as host of its new 3U Gunsmoke-J ...
Space Force activates first field command
Oct 22, 2020 (AFNS)
Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, who promoted earlier in the day, assumed command of the new unit, which is mostly formed from the former Air Force units 14th Air Forc...
Going digital provides a generational leap in capability
Oct 21, 2020 (SPX)
A digital battle for the electronic warfare domain is underway, with adversaries seeking to control the spectrum and deny access to airspace. Sophisticated and ...
Space Force enlists first trainees to bootcamp
Oct 21, 2020 (AFNS)
The ceremony at the Military Entrance Processing Station - Baltimore will be followed hours later by a similar ceremony at MEPS-Denver, Colorado, for three addi...
First seven trainees to directly enlist in Space Force sworn-in
Oct 20, 2020 (UPI)
The first four recruits took the oath Tuesday morning and signed a commitment to join the Space Force at Fort George G. Meade Military Entrance Processing Stati...
Orbital Sidekick awarded $16M US Air Force STRATFI contract
Oct 20, 2020 (SPX)
This award, which is matched by private investment funds, will allow OSK to accelerate the deployment of six advanced hyperspectral imaging (HSI) satellites wit...
NRL Space Research Group to Validate SDA Satellite Interoperability
Oct 15, 2020 (SPX)
Announced Aug. 31, NRL's work supports the Space Development Agency's two multi-million dollar contract awards for the development of the first generation of th...
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