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NRO Joins Pentagon Exercises, ‘Making Progress’ on New Targeting Satellites
Northrop Grumman’s low-Earth orbit constellation of satellites detecting missile launches by an unidentified adversary. Northrop Grumman was selected to build 14 satellites with infrared sensors for the Space Development Agency’s […]
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‘You can’t hide’: Spy agency will have 100 new sats on orbit by years-end
A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station carrying a classified spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office in March 2024. Paul Hennessy […]
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Radar satellite companies sharpen focus on military market
Iceye SAR image of the port of Rotterdam, The Netherlands, taken in early September 2024. Credit: Iceye By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 2 October 2024 Iceye says its […]
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The US Wants to Integrate the Commercial Space Industry With Its Military to Prevent Cyber Attacks
BySharon Lemac-Vincere, Published by Wired, 29 June 2024 As more and more infrastructure is deployed in space, the risk of cyber attacks increases. The US military wants to team up […]
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Space Force wrapping up plan to buy C2 software for maneuvering sats
Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexcio, headquarters to SpRCO By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 27 September 2024 A future challenge for the R2C2 program will be figuring out […]
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Space Force eyes commercial antennas to boost satellite control capacity
Vandenberg Tracking Station and the Ellison Onizuka Satellite Operations Facility support the Satellite Control Network. Credit: U.S. Space Force By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 25 September 2024 The […]
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China’s satellites are dodging US eyes in space
GSSAP (Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program) By Mike Gruss, Published by Defense One, 25 September 2024 The Pentagon doesn’t post location data for its secretive GSSAP satellites, but Chinese spacecraft […]
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Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites wreak havoc in Earth’s orbit, blocking deep space observations, scientists say
By Julia Musto, Published by The Independent, 19 September 2024 New Starlink satellites’ radiation leaks are 30 times as large as those emitted by older satellites, scientists discover Elon Musk’s […]