Greg Hadley, Air and Space Forces Magazine – Space Force leaders are looking at back up alternatives for GPS, with the increased use of jamming to block GPS signals and the risk that an adversary could try to take out the 30 GPS satellites or distort signals in future conflict.
Shaun Waterman, Via Satellite – Lt. Gen Phillip Garrant, commander of Space Systems Command (SSC), told the CyberSat conference that his organization — like other government ones — faces challenges recruiting and retaining personnel with the right technical skills — especially in cyber.
The Aerospace Corporation joined forces with TechCrunch to deliver engaging panel discussions with leaders across defense, civil, and commercial space, as well as a Space Challenge pitch-off for startups to showcase innovative concepts.
Mark Carreau, Aviation Week – Blue Origin launched its ninth New Shepard suborbital flight with passengers on Nov. 22, with a six-person crew over the course of 10 minutes.
Brooke Edwards, Florida Today – The NASA Office of Inspector General’s report highlights issues with malfunctioning space suits, a worsening air leak, and having only one U.S.-made spacecraft for missions.
Jeff Foust, SpaceNews – The FAA released an updated environmental assessment for an increase in the number of annual launches and landings of Starship from its Starbase test site at Boca Chica, Texas.
Courtney Albon, Defense News – Sierra Space, L3Harris, Astranis, and Axient won study contracts in late September to draft early concepts for the Space Force’s Resilient GPS program, or R-GPS.
Sandra Erwin, SpaceNews – Sam Wilson, a policy analyst at Aerospace, suggests that the Pentagon use an “anchor tenancy” strategy for PLEO (Proliferated Low Earth Orbit) contracts with commercial satellite services.
Irene Klotz, Aviation Week – NASA is reviewing 11 proposals to cut costs and speed up the return of samples collected by the ongoing Perseverance rover mission on Mars.
Jacqueline Feldscher and Tim Fernholz, Payload – The FCC’s new rule clarifies existing regulations, which give earlier entrants in the satellite broadband market an advantage.
