Troy Meink also told lawmakers that the Department of the Air Force must move faster on innovating new technologies.

On-orbit laser communications are a critical enabling technology for the Space Development Agency's planned mega-constellation known as the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.

The system is carrying primary and secondary payloads for space-based maritime domain awareness and communications.

The demonstration by York Space Systems and SpaceX marks a critical milestone ahead of the agency's upcoming Tranche 1 launch.

“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…

As part of the Hybrid Acquisition for Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (HALO) vendor pool, the companies can compete for demonstration task orders.

The Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission constellation included two Space Force Enhanced Polar System - Recapitalization payloads.

Two defense officials recently briefed DefenseScoop regarding what they refer to as “shipboard Navy Starlink efforts.” 

The X-37B will conduct tests on space domain awareness technologies, operations in new orbital regimes and radiation effects on NASA materials.

The agency will soon launch 13 additional systems with a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base.