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Lt. Gen. Philip Garrant

Members of the 18th Space Defense Combat Squadron, a unit assigned to U.S. Space Forces – Space under the USSF Force Generation model, observe orbital data at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Oct. 4, 2024.  (Photo by David Dozoretz)

Space Force on track to deliver modernized space monitoring software in 2025

The Space Force and L3Harris expect the Advanced Tracking and Launch Analysis System (ATLAS) to reach operational capability in 2025.

Apr 14, 2025 By Mikayla Easley

Space Force launches new effort to share unclassified threat data with commercial industry

The Orbital Watch initiative comes as the Space Force explores how to better integrate commercial capabilities into its warfighting architectures and operations.

Apr 9, 2025 By Mikayla Easley

Starship’s sixth flight test, Nov. 19, 2024. (Credit: SpaceX)

Space Force eyes SpaceX’s Starship for future rocket cargo delivery missions

“We are thinking about how we might use it. We think the first, most logical, given the payload volume, … would be some type of rocket cargo…

Nov 21, 2024 By Mikayla Easley

U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, Commander of Space Operations Command, participates in a panel discussion at the 2023 Air and Space Forces Association Warfare Symposium in Aurora, Colorado, March 7, 2023. (U.S. Space Force photo by Dave Grim)

Biden nominates Space Force’s Whiting to helm Space Command

The nomination is one of three new military space appointments from the White House.

Jul 13, 2023 By Mikayla Easley