Two dozen U.S. allies joined the U.S. Space Command’s Global Sentinel collaboration exercise on space-based security and defense held at the Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, from Feb. 5 to 16. The event, which was initiated in 2014 with seven countries in attendance, kicked off in 2024 with 246 participants, including 177 representatives of U.S. […]
Two dozen U.S. allies joined the U.S. Space Command’s Global Sentinel collaboration exercise on space-based security and defense held at the Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, from Feb. 5 to 16. The event, which was initiated in 2014 with seven countries in attendance, kicked off in 2024 with 246 participants, including 177 representatives of U.S. […]
Space and data-as-a-service provider Sidus Space announced that it has completed the testing of the NASA Autonomous Satellite Technology for Resilient Applications engineering unit that it integrated into its LizzieSat FlatSat in its Cape Canaveral, Florida, facility. CEO Carol Craig said that the successful integration highlights Sidus Space’s capability to deliver expert support for software […]
Three NASA-funded experiments will investigate the effects of a solar eclipse on the Earth’s ionosphere on April 8, when a total solar eclipse is expected to cross parts of the United States. The first project, the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network, is a collection of radars scattered around the world. During the eclipse, three U.S.-based […]
Spectrum Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, a subsidiary of technology company Ocutrx, has supplied high-precision circuit boards for NASA’s Psyche spacecraft’s communication. The Psyche mission, managed by Arizona State University and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, marks a significant achievement in deep space exploration as it is propelled by a solar electric propulsion system, helping it reach a […]
SpaceX launched the USSF-124 mission on Feb. 14, sending six missile-detecting satellites into orbit. The mission’s payload includes two prototype satellites, one developed by L3Harris Technologies and the other developed by Northrop Grumman, for the Missile Defense Agency’s Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor program. The HBTSS program is designed to augment the existing overhead […]
NASA has disclosed that it is leasing a parcel in the 240-acre Exploration Park at its Johnson Space Center in Houston to the Texas A&M University System, which will use the site for research and development focused on human spaceflight in the context of the commercial space economy. According to the agency, the lease agreement […]
Aalyria has completed a demonstration of its Spacetime network orchestration software platform, enabling two technologies—the Hybrid Space Architecture and the Combined Joint All-domain Command and Control Concept—for civilian and defense applications. Held in the U.S. Naval Research Lab in Washington, D.C., and made possible through a collaboration with the Defense Innovation Unit and other partners, […]
NASA has scheduled its next Astrophysics Medium-Class Explorer mission, focusing on an all-sky survey, for 2030. The UltraViolet EXplorer space telescope will study sources of ultraviolet light in the universe and identify explosions that follow bursts of gravitational waves caused by merging neutron stars. UVEX will also carry an ultraviolet spectrograph to study stellar explosions […]
Lt. Gen. DeAnna Burt, deputy chief of space operations, has revealed that the U.S. Space Force will serve as the lead operator of a fleet of ground object-tracking satellites intended to provide the leadership with persistent video-like surveillance capabilities. Speaking at an Air & Space Forces Association event on Tuesday, she explained that Space Force […]
