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In this week Space Force–centric news, it’s all about addressing the issues. USSF CSO Gen. Saltzman wants the service’s mission statement rethought and reworked; Space Systems Command has a suggestion of two for solving the overdemand for launches from Florida; … Read More

In this week’s Space Force news, we invite you to meet the new boss (specifically, the man tapped to be the next USSF Chief Master Sergeant); to consider the difficulties the COMSO office immediately faces; to witness the Mother’s Day … Read More

Lots of politicking and planning in this week’s Space Force news, as a couple of USSF bigwigs went before a Senate Armed Service Strategic Forces subcommittee hearing to talk about ground defense, while a pair of contractors landed big contracts … Read More

Something of a slow week in Space Force–related news, but we’ve got the basic elements to mull over. The House Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces subcommittee had hearings this week on USSF budget concerns, while two SMEs announced contract wins … Read More

The Space Force news this week is big — beginning with the hugely–hyped launch of the megacorporation SpaceX’s gargantuan Starship rocket which ended in titanic fashion. And for most of the workweek, the biggest names in the space industry, private– … Read More

In terms of mainstream media coverage of the US Space Force this week, the spotlight was mostly on Maj. Gen. John Olson, assistant to USSF CSO Gen. Chance Saltzman. Olson appeared on a couple of American news networks for a … Read More

We’re practicing the three S’s in Space Force news this week: Satellites, SPACECOM and science–fiction. Kudos first to the Space Development Agency (SDA), who after several delays, got the first 10 of their Tranche 0 satellites into orbit. We’ve also got … Read More

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