The Space Force declared “mission complete” for one of its space surveillance satellites and took it off operational status last month, ahead of another satellite joining the constellation next year. The Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program provides the Space Force with the ability to track and ...
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The continuing freeze on general and flag officer nominations in the Senate is affecting everything from wing commanders to the Air Force and Space Force’s vice chiefs. More than 100 Air Force and Space Force officers are now stuck in limbo. In some cases, generals ...
Before the Space Force was founded in December 2019, the Air Force was the service responsible for most military missions in space. Dating back decades, tens of thousands of Airmen were involved in space operations—Air Force Space Command at one point claimed more than 26,000 ...
When the Senate overwhelmingly passed its version of the 2024 National Defense Authorization bill late July 27 in a bipartisan 86-11 vote, the differences between that measure and the House version of the bill were left to a panel of conferees to resolve. Differences regarding ...
President Joe Biden has selected Colorado as the permanent headquarters for U.S. Space Command, reversing a previous decision by his predecessor to move the combatant command to Alabama, the administration announced July 31.
World-Space: New Space Force Four-Stars; Counterspace weapons needed for Space Superiority.
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Bernard Schriever was an effective organizer and manager, but also an adept leader who inspired loyalty among his subordinates.
It’s impossible to overstate how central a role space plays in this whole conversation, whether you’re talking about the sensors, whether you’re talking about comms, space is going to play an extended role.