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fromArs Technica
1 day ago

SpaceX swipes yet another military contract from United Launch Alliance

Space Force transferred the GPS III SV10 launch from ULA's Vulcan to SpaceX's Falcon 9 due to ongoing investigation issues.
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fromTESLARATI
1 day ago
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SpaceX is quietly becoming the U.S. Military's only reliable rocket

Space Force switches GPS III launch from ULA's Vulcan to SpaceX's Falcon 9 due to Vulcan's performance issues.
fromArs Technica
8 months ago
US politics

Pentagon may put SpaceX at the center of a sensor-to-shooter targeting network

SpaceX's satellites will play a key role in the Space Force's new communication strategy.
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fromTESLARATI
1 day ago

SpaceX is quietly becoming the U.S. Military's only reliable rocket

Space Force switches GPS III launch from ULA's Vulcan to SpaceX's Falcon 9 due to Vulcan's performance issues.
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fromNextgov.com
4 days ago

Golden Dome's projected cost just jumped $10 billion. Experts fear that's just for starters.

Golden Dome's official cost projection increased to $185 billion, but independent experts estimate actual expenses could reach $542 billion to $3.6 trillion over the project's lifetime.
US politics
fromNew York Post
10 months ago

Trump names 'Golden Dome' leader as House GOP advances $25B in funding for missile-defense project

Trump appoints Gen. Guetlein to lead the Golden Dome missile defense project, echoing Reagan's vision from the 1980s.
fromArs Technica
1 month ago

As data from space spikes, an innovative ground station company seeks to cash in

By the end of the year, Northwood, based in El Segundo, California, had shown the ability to build eight of these Portal arrays a month. And in January the company had deployed operational Portal antennas across two continents. These deployments, which comprise an area of 8 to 15 meters, have the equivalent capability of a 7-meter parabolic dish, said Griffin Cleverly, co-founder and chief technical officer of Northwood.
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fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago
US politics

Trump kicked her out of the Space Force. Now she's fighting back with a congressional run. - LGBTQ Nation

fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago
US politics

Trump kicked her out of the Space Force. Now she's fighting back with a congressional run. - LGBTQ Nation

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fromArs Technica
3 months ago

Attack, defend, pursue-the Space Force's new naming scheme foretells new era

The Space Force adopted Instruction 16-403 to standardize weapon-system names using purpose and orbital-regime letters plus design identifiers for all new programs.
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fromBreaking Defense
5 months ago

Space Force declares ATLAS space domain awareness software 'operational' - Breaking Defense

Space Force accepted ATLAS as operational, enabling retirement of the 1980s SPADOC and providing modern cataloging, tracking, and data publishing for space objects.
#golden-dome
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fromArs Technica
6 months ago

On a day of rebranding at the Pentagon, this name change slipped under the radar

U.S. Space Force is evolving into a combat-focused service, emphasizing warfighting in space with offensive and defensive capabilities and a lasting Combat Forces Command.
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fromAxios
6 months ago

The space warfare president

Trump moved U.S. Space Command to Huntsville to strengthen American space defense and accelerate development of space-based weapons and missile-shield programs.
#us-space-command
fromwww.mediaite.com
6 months ago

They Want Dishonest Elections': Trump Says He's Punishing Colorado For Having Mail-In Voting

My first term, we createdand I createda thing called Space Force. So important. You know, we were losing the race in space very badly to China and to Russia. And now we're far and away number one in space. And reestablish Space Command with a mission to protect American space assets and detect any threat to our homeland. We initially selected Huntsville for the Space Command headquarters, yet those plans were wrongfully obstructed by the Biden administration.
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fromwww.dw.com
6 months ago

Space X successfully launches US military spaceplane DW 08/22/2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the eighth X-37B uncrewed US military spaceplane from Cape Canaveral to test advanced technologies and experiments in orbit.
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fromArs Technica
7 months ago

The military's squad of satellite trackers is now routinely going on alert

The US Space Force monitors nearly 50,000 trackable objects in orbit to maintain space security.
fromwww.mediaite.com
10 months ago

Fox News Reporter Asks Trump if He's About to Trigger an Arms Race in Space' With Golden Dome' Project

Well, they're wrong. It's about as close to perfect as you can have in terms of real production.
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Startup companies
fromArs Technica
10 months ago

Space Force official: Commercial satellites can do a lot more than we thought

The Space Force is shifting to a more commercial approach for satellite production to enhance efficiency and lower costs.
fromArs Technica
11 months ago

There's a secret reason the Space Force is delaying the next Atlas V launch

Space Force’s Eastern Range had to accommodate conflicting schedules, causing ULA to delay launches for more than 24 hours after bad weather grounded their mission.
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from24/7 Wall St.
11 months ago

How Much Firepower Does the U.S. Space Force Actually Have?

The U.S. Space Force primarily manages satellite and missile defense systems, rather than engaging in direct combat.
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