Space Force to expand missile-defense satellite network in medium Earth orbit Original Publication Date: 2024-08-09 23:15 The U.S. Space Force has initiated a new phase in its missile defense satellite program. The Space Systems Command is inviting vendors to submit designs for satellites. ...

Defense Innovation Unit seeks commercial options to deploy satellites in deep space Original Publication Date: 2022-12-07 23:51 Defense Innovation Unit seeks commercial services to deploy and operate payloads. Area known as cislunar space begins at geosynchronous Earth orbit and extends out. ...

CAPSTONE enters safe mode during trajectory correction maneuver Original Publication Date: 2022-09-11 08:38 NASA-funded cubesat mission to the moon has gone into safe mode. The problem occurred during a trajectory correction maneuver, NASA says. CAPSTONE is a NASA-funded mission to test ...

China performs two launches inside two hours Original Publication Date: 2022-09-06 12:27 China conducted its 36th and 37th orbital launches of 2022 within a couple of hours of each other starting late Monday. A Kuaizhou-1A solid rocket lifted off into clear skies from a transport erector ...