A new National Reconnaissance Office mission for its proliferated architecture of satellites lifted off Friday aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from a launch complex at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The agency
MoreNASA has sent to space the last satellite to complete the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, or GOES, constellation. The space agency said Tuesday the satellite was launched
MoreThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Space Commerce has published a collection of technical standards related to space traffic coordination and space situational awareness. OSC said Tuesday the Space Industry
MoreGen. Stephen Whiting, commander of U.S. Space Command and a 2024 Wash100 awardee, said SPACECOM is setting up a pilot project that seeks to demonstrate how data can be fused to provide
MoreResearch teams at NASA tested next-generation space technologies during a series of parabolic flights aboard Zero Gravity‘s G-FORCE ONE aircraft between February and April, enabling them to interact with their hardware in
MoreMagniX engineers conducted a series of altitude tests for a battery-powered engine to demonstrate its capabilities to potentially support hybrid electric flight in the future. The company used an altitude chamber at
MoreNASA has selected three proposals for the Dynamical Neutral Atmosphere-Ionosphere Coupling, or DYNAMIC, mission, to conduct studies of the space weather system and its connection to Earth’s atmosphere. Teams led by the
MoreThe Federal Aviation Administration announced that it will receive space vehicle launch and reentry flight data from Virgin Galactic and Sierra Space through the Space Data Integrator platform. FAA said Friday SDI
MoreThe NASA Office of Inspector General has revealed in a new report that the agency has made progress in its Commercial Lunar Payload Services, or CLPS, initiative but numerous challenges remain, which
MoreU.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Heath Collins, director of the Missile Defense Agency and a 2024 Wash100 Award recipient, shared that the two Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor-equipped satellites will be
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