At March’s Corporate All Hands, Steve Isakowitz said, “Mr. Calvelli and Dr. LaPlante’s deep familiarity with our customers and their backgrounds in research, acquisition, and integration will lend invaluable expertise to Aerospace’s mission.”
US Space Force to Launch More Than 100 Satellites in 2025
Many of the spacecraft are part of the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, designed to provide 24/7 global communications and missile tracking from low Earth orbit.
Saltzman: Space Force in ‘Pretty Good Spot’ Regarding DoD Funding Shift
The chief of space operations said the Space Force is examining how to best invest in six categories of counter-space weapons, because China is doing the same.
Space Force Unveils Strategic Plan for AI Integration
Key priorities include making data “accessible, understandable, secure and trustworthy”; advancing a data and AI-driven organizational culture; and strengthening academic, industrial, and international partnerships.
Crew-10 Arrives at Space Station
Crew Dragon spacecraft Endurance docked with the ISS and delivered NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov.
China is Practicing ‘Dogfighting’ in Space, Space Force Says
Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. Michael Guetlein spoke about a series of Chinese satellite maneuvers in 2024 in low Earth orbit, involving three Shiyan-24C experimental satellites and two Chinese experimental space objects.
SpaceX Launches Transporter-13 Rideshare From Vandenberg
This is SpaceX’s 13th dedicated rideshare mission to Sun-synchronous orbits (SSO). Aerospace Corporation’s AeroCube-18 will test hyperspectral imaging, nanotech payloads, and advanced solar cells over a five-year mission.
Space Force Teaming With Air Force on Joint Simulation Environment
The Space Force has been working closely with the Air Force and Navy to learn from their experience developing a realistic training and testing environment for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter — with an eye on one day creating a similar capability for the space domain.
Space Force Eyes Commercial Satellites to Boost Surveillance in Geostationary Orbit
Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy, the acting acquisition executive for the Space Force, directed program offices to assess how commercially developed satellites and sensors could either replace or augment the military’s existing fleet of Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites.
What Is Space Warfighting? The Space Force’s top General has Some Thoughts
At the Air & Space Forces Association Warfare Symposium, Gen. Chance Saltzman said he wants more options to present to national leaders if an adversary threatens the U.S. These options include space-based and ground-based directed-energy weapons, radio frequency jamming capabilities, and kinetic weapons.