Space Force

SpaceX’s Space Force contract turns low orbit toward air defense

Observable Space ties laser links to the Space Force view of orbit

SpaceX moves into the U.S. Space Force decision chain, not just orbit

SpaceX’s next Space Force role is the data backbone after launch

The U.S. military wants a second orbital compass for jammed navigation

TrustPoint’s $4M Space Force contract targets a 12-month demo of a GPS-independent C-band navigation system for LEO.

Rocket Lab shows how commercial rockets are entering the defense chain

Rocket Lab is moving from commercial launch cadence into strategic defense through Raytheon’s Golden Dome work and Anduril’s hypersonic test flights.

A small space-station mission is chasing the particles that blur solar-storm forecasts

STORIE is a small but important space-weather mission: it measures energetic neutral atoms to separate solar and terrestrial contributions to Earth's ring current.

Vulcan’s grounding leaves US military launches in limbo

The US Space Force’s satellite—designed to track adversarial orbital threats—now faces indefinite delay after ULA’s Vulcan rocket was grounded post-anomaly.