Space surveillance technologies a top need for U.S. military
Gen. John Raymond said the Space Force wants to be able to collect more data but also analyze it quickly and share it with allies and civilian space organizations.
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News Analysis | SpaceX has a lot riding on Starlink’s $499 “UFO on a stick”
Elon Musk’s engineering and business philosophy largely boils down to a three-phase approach: brainstorm it, build it, and test and iterate.
Starlink, his satellite ...…
SpaceX to transition to fully reusable fleet for national security launches
“Over the next 18 months we’ll complete the transition to a fully reusable SpaceX fleet,” said Col. Robert Bongiovi, director of the Space and Missile Systems Center’s La...…
Germany joins JAXA’s low-cost deep space test mission
COLOGNE, Germany — The German Aerospace Center, DLR, has partnered with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on a planned low-cost asteroid mission called ...…
Falcon 9 launches Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ocean science satellite
WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launched Nov. 21 the latest in a series of satellites developed by the United States and Europe to track rising sea levels.
The ...…