U.S. Central Command has activated a U.S. Space Force component that will be tasked with coordinating space operations and services, such as missile warning, positioning, navigation and timing and satellite communication, within
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The Federal Communications Commission has granted SpaceX approval to build, deploy and operate up to 7,500 satellites for its second-generation Starlink constellation to provide satellite broadband service to customers across the U.S.
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NASA reported on Wednesday that the initial launch of its Space Launch System rocket met expectations in transporting the uncrewed Orion spacecraft around the moon. SLS is integral to the Artemis I
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China intends to establish its first outpost on the lunar surface by 2028 with plans to expand it into an international research station, Bloomberg reported Friday. The country’s Chang’e 6, 7 and
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The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has issued a new strategy outlining S&T objectives to help ensure U.S. leadership in cislunar space and support sustainable and responsible use and
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Army Gen. James Dickinson, head of U.S. Space Command, has formed a new entity that seeks to ensure unity of effort among operations of two functional components, Combined Force Space Component Command
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A NASA rocket equipped with a Boeing-built core stage took off Wednesday from a launch complex at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to send the unmanned Orion spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin,
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The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has issued a 75-page report outlining its technical vision for advancing security in cislunar space, which comprises the region between the moon and the Earth’s
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Space Systems Command has selected seven innovation teams to compete in the final round of its inaugural Fight Tonight competition, which aims to develop new approaches to building more resilient space systems
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Derek Tournear, director of the Space Development Agency and a previous Wash100 awardee, said the agency is working on the possible integration of the Tracking Layer data into the military’s nuclear command,
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