Space Force to increase spending on technologies to turn data into knowledge
Monday, 17 May 2021 12:22
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force plans to spend billions of dollars over the next decade to convert huge amounts of data that resides in separate systems into a digital enterprise architecture.
Defense Innovation Unit selects ABL Space to launch DoD mission
Monday, 17 May 2021 12:00
WASHINGTON — Small launch startup ABL Space Systems announced May 17 it was selected by the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit to launch a military payload.
Based in El Segundo, California, ABL is developing the RS1 small launch vehicle designed to deliver up to 1,350 kilograms into low Earth orbit.
Solar Orbiter images first coronal mass ejections
Monday, 17 May 2021 11:00
- First Solar Orbiter movies showing coronal mass ejections (CMEs)
- A pair of CMEs were detected by multiple instruments during February’s close flyby of the Sun
- CMEs are eruptions of particles from the solar atmosphere that blast out into the Solar System and have the potential to trigger space weather at Earth
- Solar Orbiter will begin its main science mission in November this year
- Solar Orbiter is a space mission of international collaboration between ESA and NASA
China rolls out rocket for Tianzhou-2 space station supply mission
Monday, 17 May 2021 09:43
HELSINKI — China is set to launch the Tianzhou-2 space station cargo mission this week after rollout of a Long March 7 rocket at Wenchang spaceport.
Parsons wins $185 million Space Force contract for technology services
Monday, 17 May 2021 09:00
WASHINGTON — Parsons Corp. announced May 17 it has won a $185 million U.S. Space Force contract for information technology and engineering services.
The contract is from the Space and Missile Systems Center Special Programs Directorate in Los Angeles, California, that oversees classified projects such as space surveillance sensors and systems to defend satellites.
Name the mission
Monday, 17 May 2021 09:00
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New ESA contracts to advance Prometheus and Phoebus projects
Monday, 17 May 2021 08:00
ESA is forging ahead with advanced developments in two flagship space transportation demonstration projects, Prometheus and Phoebus. This will benefit Europe’s new Ariane 6 launcher in the near-term, and prepare for a new generation of European launch vehicles in the next decade.
Modernization investments needed to protect space domain, Space Force Chief Says
Monday, 17 May 2021 04:20
The United States is a spacefaring nation, which depends on access to space and freedom to maneuver in space. However, there's a potential for conflict in space that could affect the lives of every American, said the chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force.
Space Force Gen. John W. "Jay" Raymond spoke at the McAleese "FY2022 Defense Programs" conference in Washington, D.C. Roth, Brown, Raymond present Air and Space Forces priorities to Congress
Monday, 17 May 2021 04:20
Acting Secretary of the Air Force John Roth told a congressional subcommittee Friday that both the Air and Space forces are moving decisively to confront new and emerging threats, including those from China and Russia, while also devoting resources "to rid our ranks of corrosive elements and injustices."
Appearing alongside Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., and Chief of STPSat-6 safely arrives in Florida
Monday, 17 May 2021 04:20
The U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center's Space Test Program Satellite - 6 space vehicle arrived at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida, on May 6, 2021. STPSat-6 is the primary space vehicle on the Space Test Program - 3 mission, and was safely transported by Northrop Grumman from their facility in Dulles, Virginia where STPSat-6 was built and tested. STPSat-6 is on s On-time delivery top priority at Space Development Agency
Monday, 17 May 2021 04:20
Cost, performance and delivery drive acquisition across the Defense Department, typically in equal measure. But the Space Development Agency has prioritized delivery above all else in its effort to get satellites into space that will deliver non-line-of-sight targeting to warfighters across the globe.
"The key thing is always to focus on getting these capabilities up and operational as rap SBIRS GEO-5 encapsulated ahead of upcoming launch
Monday, 17 May 2021 04:20
The United States Space Force's Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) GEO-5 satellite was encapsulated on April 30 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) Florida.
The satellite's encapsulation within the United Launch Alliance's payload fairing represents completion of the final major testing milestone before launch, as well as a key protective measure for the satellite in preparation Tianzhou 2, carrier rocket transported to launchpad for liftoff
Sunday, 16 May 2021 23:01
China's Tianzhou 2 cargo spacecraft and its carrier rocket - a Long March 7 - were moved to the launchpad on Sunday morning, undergoing final tests before their planned launch in the coming days, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
Preparation work before the launch has begun at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in the southernmost island province of Hainan, the agency said in a bri SpaceX launches 52 Starlink satellites, two other payloads
Sunday, 16 May 2021 23:01
SpaceX has launched 52 more Starlink satellites, plus payloads for two other firms, aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The launch at 6:56 p.m. Saturday was successful, SpaceX said, with all satellites released into orbit about an hour after liftoff. This brings the number of Starlink satellites in orbit to more than 1,600, according to astronomers.
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