The White House has released the framework supplementing the bill it submitted to Congress in November that assigns roles to the Departments of Commerce and Transportation in regulating novel space activities. Vice President Kamala Harris disclosed the proposed legislation’s supplement, called the United States Novel Space Activities Authorization and Supervision Framework, during the National Space […]
Ball Aerospace has announced its selection by NASA to conduct a Phase A study for the Extreme ultraviolet Coronal Mass Ejection and Coronal Connectivity Observatory mission, an initiative to enhance scientific understanding of the sun’s outer atmosphere. Through ECCCO, NASA aims to uncover insights into how activity in the sun’s middle corona connects to solar wind and […]
NASA has sent a 15-second ultra-high-definition streaming video from Earth to a Deep Space Optical Communications payload some 19 million miles away using lasers. The demonstration, part of the two-year DSOC experimentation, involved NASA operators sending the video to the flight laser transceiver, a DSOC instrument installed on the Psyche spacecraft capable of sending and receiving near-infrared signals. Operators […]
The U.S. Space Force is investing to improve immersive space flight mission training to meet future demands of space operations. On Monday, the military branch awarded Air Force Techstars 2020 firm MSBAI and Princeton University a $1.25 million Phase 2 contract from SpaceWERX to develop the GURU autonomous system, enabling users to create training scenarios, […]
The U.S. Space Command announced at a town hall meeting on Friday that it has reached full operational capability. Achievement of the status came after an in-depth evaluation of mission execution capabilities, including the capacity to accomplish the Unified Command Plan, SPACECOM said Friday. Other criteria included employee skill levels, sufficient command and control infrastructure, […]
The U.S. Space Force has made significant achievements in its main areas of responsibility: cyber, intelligence and space operations, due to its recruitment and training efforts, according to the service branch’s highest noncommissioned officer. Speaking Wednesday at the inaugural Spacepower Conference held in Orlando, Florida, Chief Master Sgt. John Bentivegna said it is important to […]
The three new sensors in geosynchronous Earth orbit that the U.S. Space Force launched in January are now operational and have collected potential threats “changing the intelligence estimate on certain foreign capabilities,” Kelly Hammett, Space Rapid Capabilities Office director, said. Hammett did not provide additional details, but told reporters at the inaugural Spacepower conference in […]
ASRC Federal has announced a subcontractor position worth up to $124 million on a potential five-year, $719 million NASA contract held by Space Networks Solutions, a KBR-Intuitive Machines joint venture that does business as Space & Technology Solutions. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity Omnibus Multidiscipline Engineering Services III contract is intended to support the Joint Polar Satellite System […]
NASA has announced the first successful data exchange between the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration system and a terminal payload on the International Space Station. The test’s goal was to demonstrate how optical communications in geosynchronous orbit can benefit missions like the ISS, NASA said Wednesday. The space station received the Integrated LCRD Low Earth Orbit User Modem and […]
The U.S. Space Force is considering more mobile and renewable satellites to enable more dynamic operations. Speaking Wednesday at the Space Force Association’s Spacepower conference, Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein, head of Space Systems Command, said the U.S. military’s next satellites should be able to move quickly and must be rapidly upgradeable and adaptable. He explained […]
