Government/Military

The Space Development Agency (SDA) has renamed its proliferated Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation as the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, or PWSA.  SDA announced the change on Monday, changing the name […]

The U.K. government is looking to tap into the space-based defence capabilities of Airbus Defence and Space in a major new partnership deal. The company, one of the U.K.’s leading […]

SpaceX launched the sixth GPS III satellite for the U.S. Space Force on a Falcon 9 mission early Wednesday morning. The Lockheed Martin-built satellite is part of the military’s work […]

Satellite payload manufacturer Swissto12 is receiving funding from the European Space Agency (ESA) Ministerial Council for its HummingSat satellite product line. The company announced Jan. 19 that the HummingSat Partnership […]

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lofted the Boeing and Northrop Grumman communications satellites into orbit on Jan. 15 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the USSF-67 mission for the U.S. […]

The FCC is moving forward with plans to establish a space bureau after voting on Tuesday to adopt Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel’s plan. The reorganization would eliminate the current International Bureau, […]

Speedcast has won a key contract extension deal from the UK Ministry of Defence and Airbus, the company announced Jan. 10. Speedcast will provide gateway hosting services offering secure access […]

Raytheon Technologies’ Intelligence & Space and Boeing‘s Millennium Space Systems — both in El Segundo, California — are to begin building the first prototype Missile Track Custody (MTC) Medium-Earth Orbit […]

U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) awarded Maxar Technologies new contract awards worth up to $35.8 million. The NGA is the government agency that delivers geospatial intelligence to policymakers, military service […]

Sidus Space started 2023 with the announcement of a new contract from Bechtel Corporation to manufacture cables for the NASA Mobile Launcher 2 project. Sidus announced the contract award, Jan. 3. […]

U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) awarded Viasat a $325 million contract extension for tactical satellite communications and network management.  It is a sole-source, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract award […]

Terran Orbital delivered the final satellite buses to Lockheed Martin for its Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 0 Transport Layer contract.  Terran Orbital built 10 buses for Lockheed as a […]

The FCC is working to improve the licensing procedures for commercial satellites. On Wednesday, the FCC decided to seek comments on changes to its policies and rules for satellite applications. […]

The FCC is considering making changes to satellite rulemaking at its open meeting this week. Ahead of the December meeting, the Commission released a notice of proposed rulemaking called: Expediting […]

The U.S. House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics introduced legislation on Wednesday that would establish a civil space situational awareness (SSA) capability under the Department of Commerce.  Currently, the U.S. […]

Satellogic signed a letter of intent with Mexico’s space agency for a dedicated satellite constellation to deliver multi-spectral imaging.  Agencia Espacial Mexicana (AEM) signed the letter for a constellation-as-a-service program, […]

NASA finalized a $3.2 billion contract with Boeing to manufacture the core and upper stages for future Space Launch System (SLS) rockets. The SLS rocket, which first launched in the […]

A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report highlights the federal use of commercial imagery provided through the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) by eight […]

UltiSat and Integrasys are joining forces as they target more key business from the likes of the U.S. Defense Department and NATO. The aim of the agreement is to provide […]

The United Nations General Assembly recently adopted a number of draft resolutions about space weapons and space norms, voting to approve a draft resolution against anti-satellite missile tests.  The assembly […]

China has launched 150 satellites so far this year to bring its total to 650 and is expected to develop an anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon targeting Geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) systems, […]

The Office of Space Commerce (OSC) awarded contracts this week to seven commercial companies for space situational awareness (SSA) data analysis as part of a multi-orbit pilot to evaluate commercial […]

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Dec. 1 established a new U.S. Department of Defense office charged with helping companies that are developing technologies critical to national security partner with private […]

SpaceX is venturing into Earth observation (EO) and hosted payloads for national security use, with a new business line called Starshield. The company added a section to its website for […]

The FCC approved part of SpaceX’s application for the second generation of the Starlink constellation, which will allow SpaceX to deploy up to 7,500 satellites. The order was a partial […]

Rocket Lab has created a U.S. subsidiary to serve the U.S. defense and intelligence community, Rocket Lab National Security LLC (RLNS), the company announced Dec. 1.  Rocket Lab was founded […]

Commercial space is becoming key for the U.S. Department of Defense to detect, analyze and respond to threats, a top official said on Nov. 29. “As of today, we’ve got […]

France’s President Emmanuel Macron visited NASA’s headquarters in Washington on Nov. 30 while in the U.S. for a state visit, and met with Vice President Kamala Harris and NASA Administrator […]

The European Union is moving forward with plans for a new sovereign satellite constellation for Europe, and recently announced it will commit 2.4 billion euros to the project. This will […]

U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Blue Origin for the company’s New Glenn Rocket, more than three years after the […]