NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate is soliciting feedback from the U.S. aerospace community on nearly 190 space technology shortfalls or needs for future space exploration and science missions as it works to
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Richard DalBello, director of the Office of Space Commerce at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said OSC has selected Colorado and Maryland to host the operations centers for its Traffic Coordination
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The U.S. Space Force has launched its Weather System Follow-on Microwave, or WSF-M, satellite to low Earth orbit onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to provide warfighters worldwide with actionable weather intelligence.
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Gen. Stephen Whiting, commander of U.S. Space Command and a 2024 Wash100 awardee, announced during the 39th annual Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado that the command’s Capability Assessment and Validation Environment,
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The NROL-70 mission was launched on April 9 by the National Reconnaissance Office, which partnered with United Launch Alliance, the Space Systems Command and U.S. Space Force Space Launch Delta 45 for
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NASA has released the first volume of its Space Sustainability Strategy, which aims to integrate—with the help of a new director of space sustainability—the efforts that the agency’s various components have developed
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U.S. Space Force Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, the chief of space operations, explained during a Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on April 9 that his branch’s budget request aims to “build, train,
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Kepler Communications has joined forces with TESAT-Spacecom and Airbus Defence and Space to create a high-bandwidth optical communications network in low Earth orbit. Through the Kepler-led effort, the organizations intend to explore
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Space Commerce has released a document articulating its vision of a global system that facilitates coordination between various providers of space situational awareness services.
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The U.S. Space Force, Air Force Research Laboratory and the Defense Innovation Unit have released their annual joint report outlining new recommendations for maintaining U.S. leadership in the space domain and building
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