After several weeks without headlining launches, this edition of the Space Force news is mostly all about ‘em: SpaceX CEO Elon Musk was forced to admit his new Starlink V2 Mini satellites are having issues; 18 companies were named as competitors … Read More

Nothing gets media attention like the boss going before a senate subcommittee — definitely the case this week for USSF chief of space operations Gen. Chance Saltzman this week. Saltzman’s discussion of the Space Force in general and the FY … Read More

Just three stories make up the Space Force news this week, but we take a deep dive into three big deals: an ASFA symposium brought out lots of well–quotable top brass; the dispute over the Trump Administration– approved relocation of … Read More

In this week’s Space Force news, the DoD clarifies its Tenets for Responsible Behavior in Space while Raytheon and General Dynamics cash in — but the brightest future may await wireless services providers, who got a nice teaser from the … Read More

This week in Space Force–centric news, the USSF sees the future — and it is commercial. Space Systems Command’s Space Mobility ’23 conference started the week with some dazzling visions of commercial–military technology beginning with the AFRL Rocket Cargo program. … Read More

The buzzword in this week’s Space Force news: Politics. As certain provisions within the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act become active, the USSF and top–level politicians are acting accordingly. Last week came a resurrection of a Space National Guard bill … Read More

Space Force–centric news this week was mostly entirely swamped by a single story — and not quite the sort of story that makes for good publicity. The week began with a diesel fuel spillage at the Maui Space Surveillance Complex … Read More

The business of the US Space Force is … politics? Well, it was in part last week as the fight about the Trump Administration era decision to relocate Space Command headquarters spilled over into confirmation hearings for DoD nominees. Also, … Read More

Here’s an early trend to follow in 2023: The incredible number of launches from Cape Canaveral scheduled throughout the year. The week began with the imagination–capturing Falcon Heavy putting a couple payloads in orbit — including the first–ever Space RCO … Read More

Ball Aerospace is creating a new satellite called Weather System Follow-on-Microwave (WSF-M) for the U.S. Space Force. The satellite will be used to monitor and gather data on ocean surface vector winds, tropical cyclone intensity and other environmental information. The U.S. … Read More