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Government/Military
Australia’s Approach to Space Defense Shifts After JP9102 Cancellation
PERTH, Western Australia — Australia lacks a national direction when it comes to defense space policy and the country should be working closely with the commercial space industry and looking […]
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SATELLITE
Transforming Military SATCOM: The Power of SpaceBridge’s Next Generation ESTELLA
SpaceBridge’s Next Generation ESTELLA core is a transformative Satellite Communication (SATCOM) solution offering advanced feature sets to support various operational needs critical for modern defense, including secure, reliable, and flexible connectivity. Read More
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Sustainability
NOAA Awards Slingshot Aerospace Small Contract for Space Traffic User Interface
Slingshot Aerospace on Nov. 25 received a potential $13.3 million contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) to develop the user interface for a new space traffic coordination […]
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Opinion
Lasercom Can Lessen the Strain on RF — But It Could Bring Unintended Consequences
As satellite operators raise concerns about radio frequency (RF) congestion, greater use of laser communications in response could have unintended consequences. SpaceX, for example, has warned that its cellular Starlink […]
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Opinion
How Satellites Helped Uncover a Maritime Militia in the South China Sea
About one year ago, the chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force spoke to attendees at the Air, Space and Cyber Conference in Maryland. General Chance Saltzman described […]
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Government/Military
SpaceX’s Starshield Has Received Most Task Orders for Space Force pLEO Services So Far
Military forces’ demand for Proliferated Low-Earth Orbit (PLEO) services outstripped what the U.S. Space Force expected, and the service has already divvied out $660 million in communications task orders — […]
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Technology
LM 400 Satellite to Fly by Middle of 2025 on Firefly Alpha Rocket
Lockheed Martin said on Tuesday that its LM 400 satellite is to launch in the first six months of next year on a Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket. The refrigerator-sized LM […]
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Government/Military
Tournear: ‘Majority’ of DoD Systems Could Use SDA Acquisition Approach
The commercial sector’s employment of firm, fixed price contracts — notably the approach of SpaceX founder and Trump insider Elon Musk — looks to upset the apple cart of DoD […]
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Cybersecurity
NRO Looks to Bolster Satellite Cyber Protection
RESTON, VIRGINIA — The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is moving to a zero trust/defense in depth cyber protection schemata for the agency’s satellites, an NRO official said on Tuesday. “Whereas […]
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Government/Military
SDA Taps Kratos for Missile Defense Fire Control Ground Infrastructure
The Space Development Agency (SDA) on Tuesday said it has awarded Kratos Defense & Security Solutions a potential $116.7 contract to create and operate a missile defense fire control ground infrastructure […]
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Finance
Starfish Gets $29M in New Funding to Complete Development of Otter Spacecraft
Starfish Space on Wednesday announced a new funding round that will allow it to complete development and build of three spacecraft that will be used for on-orbit docking and maneuvering missions […]
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Finance
Firefly Closes $175 Million Funding Round To Scale Production
Firefly Aerospace has raised $175 million in new venture capital that will help it boost production of a multi-mission orbital vehicle and its small lift rocket, and accelerate hardware qualification of […]
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Government/Military
US Space Force Examining Follow-On Support for WGS and DSCS
The U.S. Space Force is seeking industry feedback by Dec. 2 to help the service determine an acquisition strategy for Commercial and Military Satellite Communications Operations Support (COSMOS) — a […]
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Opinion
How is WAVE Leading the Virtualization Revolution in Satcom?
Many remember when mobile phone companies locked our devices to their networks with pre-installed applications. Each phone company would put users into their walled garden, locking them into device/company-specific ecosystems. […]
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Government/Military
US Space Command’s Commercial Integration Cell to Grow Beyond 17 Companies
The U.S. Space Force said on Wednesday that it has added five companies to the U.S. Space Command Combined Space Operations Center’s (CSpOC) Commercial Integration Cell (CIC) at Vandenberg Space […]
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Government/Military
Australia Cancels Satellite Effort With Lockheed Martin to Prioritize Multi-Orbit Solution
The Australian Ministry of Defence on Nov. 4 terminated its procurement activity with Lockheed Martin for a single communications satellite in favor of pursuing multiple spacecraft that could provide a more […]
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Government/Military
Impulse Space, Starfish Space, and Cognitive Space Win NRO BALISTA Contracts
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) said on Wednesday that its Office of Space Launch (OSL) has awarded Broad Agency Announcements for Agile Launch Innovation and Strategic Technology Advancement (BALISTA) contracts […]
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Launch
US Space Force Releases New Solicitation for NSSL Phase 3, Lane 1
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) on Wednesday released a new solicitation for Phase 3, Lane 1 of the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program, and SSC said that it […]
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Opinion
Why Space Cybersecurity Needs More Imagination
In our recent Cal Poly report, we introduced the ICARUS matrix to generate novel scenarios in outer space cybersecurity. It’s meant to guard against a failure of imagination, a key […]
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Government/Military
Punching Above Its Weight: The Growing Influence of Canada’s Space Industry
From the earliest days of NASA’s Apollo Program to the launch of the International Space Station (ISS), Canada has stood out as a pioneer and trusted U.S. partner in space […]
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Magazine
Trawling Hacker Forums Uncovers Crucial Information on Space Cyber Attacks
Following the Viasat hack, which took place a few hours prior to the invasion of Ukraine and impacted both the Ukrainian Armed Forces as well as thousands of customers across […]
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Opinion
The Need for a Level Playing Field in the Race for Space
There is little doubt that activities in space will be crucial to the future economic wellbeing of humans, apart from important scientific and other discoveries. Future economic growth — from […]
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Government/Military
NROL-167 Launch Another Step in NRO Proliferated Constellation
The NROL-167 mission launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Thursday from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., is a step toward what the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is calling “the U.S. […]
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Government/Military
Northrop Grumman and Boeing’s Millennium Receive Missile Defense Satellite Awards
Northrop Grumman and Boeing’s Millennium Space Systems on Wednesday received U.S. Space Force (USSF) missile defense awards of nearly $1.8 billion and $386 million, respectively. The almost $1.8 billion award […]
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Launch
SpaceX Nabs $744M in New National Security Space Launch Task Orders
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) last Friday awarded SpaceX task orders worth $733.6 million to launch spacecraft for the Space Development Agency (SDA) and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) […]
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Launch
Firefly Aerospace to Launch True Anomaly’s Spacecraft for VICTUS HAZE
True Anomaly on Thursday said it has selected Firefly Aerospace to launch its Jackal spacecraft for the U.S. Space Force’s VICTUS HAZE Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) mission expected to occur no later […]
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Government/Military
NATO Surveys the Space Capabilities of Member Nations
As the five step North American Treaty Organization (NATO) Defence Planning Process (NDPP) wends its way over the next year to assigning quantitative space system targets to the alliance’s 32 […]
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Government/Military
Millennium Space Completes PDR for FOO Fighter Constellation
Boeing subsidiary Millennium Space Systems in El Segundo, California said on Monday that it has finished preliminary design review (PDR) of the company’s Low Earth Orbit Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter (FOO […]
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Government/Military
Impulse Space Nabs $35M US Space Force Contract for 2 TacRS Missions
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) on Thursday awarded Impulse Space a $34.5 million contract for two tactically responsive space (TacRS) missions in 2026 for space domain awareness and […]
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Opinion
AI at the Space Edge: Vital to All Defense Modernization
The defense landscape is undergoing a seismic shift, driven by rapid technological advancements. Small satellites and artificial intelligence (AI) are at the forefront of this transformation, not as tools for […]



























