The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has tapped Raytheon for a mission design and feasibility study on weather imagery capabilities under its Near Earth Orbit Network, or NEON, Stratus project. The company
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NASA and Sierra Space mutually agreed to revise a previously awarded contract to send supplies to the International Space Station using the Dream Chaser spaceplane and its companion module, Shooting Star. Instead
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has launched three new NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration missions to investigate the impact of the sun’s activity across the solar system. On Wednesday, the Falcon
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Gen. Chance Saltzman, chief of space operations of the U.S. Space Force and a Wash100 Award winner, emphasized the need for a new approach to delivering capabilities to maintain superiority in space during his
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The National Reconnaissance Office, in collaboration with SpaceX and the U.S. Space Force Space Launch Delta 30, has launched the NROL-48 mission from Space Launch Complex-4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California
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National Reconnaissance Office Director Chris Scolese, a five-time Wash100 Award recipient, said the agency is focused on accelerating the delivery of space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance through innovation and a growing satellite
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The Naval Research Laboratory has collaborated with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and Northrop Grumman‘s SpaceLogistics to demonstrate a robotic spacecraft developed to service and extend the life of space-based satellites. Thermal Vacuum
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The Space Systems Command has established System Delta 81, or SYD 81, during a recent ceremony at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado. Col. Corey Klopstein, who assumed command of SYD 81,
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The Space Development Agency has launched the first Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture Tranche 1 Transport Layer space vehicles from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. PWSA Goals—Enhancing Low-Latency Communication The SDA said Wednesday
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The Space Development Agency has appointed Gurpartap “GP” Sandhoo, most recently deputy director at SDA, as acting director. SDA said Monday Sandhoo will oversee the strategic direction and program execution for the
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