A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the Transporter 12 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Jan. 14, 2025. Its payload includes Otter, an NPS CubeSat suite. (Credit: SpaceX) NRO, Navy launch experimental Otter CubeSat The system is carrying primary and secondary payloads for space-based maritime domain awareness and communications. 2 days ago By Jon Harper
(Getty Images) SDA demos laser link between 2 vendors for future SATCOM, missile tracking network The demonstration by York Space Systems and SpaceX marks a critical milestone ahead of the agency's upcoming Tranche 1 launch. Jan 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
(Getty Images) SDA establishes pool of 19 vendors for future space demonstration projects As part of the Hybrid Acquisition for Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (HALO) vendor pool, the companies can compete for demonstration task orders. Oct 23, 2024 By Mikayla Easley
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission constellation. (SpaceX photo) SpaceX launches 2 US military payloads for Arctic connectivity The Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission constellation included two Space Force Enhanced Polar System - Recapitalization payloads. Aug 12, 2024 By Mikayla Easley
MANAMA (March 7, 2023) – U.S. Marine Sgt. Steven Ramos assigned to Task Force 51/5’s Deployable Joint Command and Control (DJC2) sets up a Starlink system on the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Lewis B. Puller. (Photo by Spc. Bryan Clay) Starlink terminals give Navy ‘game-changing’ flexibility Two defense officials recently briefed DefenseScoop regarding what they refer to as “shipboard Navy Starlink efforts.” Apr 11, 2024 By Brandi Vincent Mark Pomerleau
Powered by 27 Merlin engines, generating more than five million pounds of combined thrust, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from Launch Complex (LC)-39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Dec. 28, 2023 at 8:07 p.m. EST, carrying the U.S. Space Force (USSF)-52 mission into Earth orbit. (SpaceX photo) Space Force launches X-37B robotic space plane for new round of classified experiments The X-37B will conduct tests on space domain awareness technologies, operations in new orbital regimes and radiation effects on NASA materials. Dec 29, 2023 By Mikayla Easley
(Getty Images) SDA, SpaceX set to fly second batch of Tranche 0 satellites The agency will soon launch 13 additional systems with a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Sep 1, 2023 By Mikayla Easley
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink 4-20 mission, launches from Space Launch Complex 40 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on September 4, 2022. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images) Pentagon contracting with SpaceX’s Starlink to provide satellite communication capabilities for Ukraine The Pentagon is buying satcom capabilities from SpaceX’s Starlink to aid the Ukrainian military in its war with Russia, DefenseScoop has learned. Jun 1, 2023 By Jon Harper
Screenshot of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 launch, April 2, 2023. Third time’s a charm: SpaceX launches SDA’s first batch of Tranche 0 satellites After multiple postponements, SpaceX successfully launched 10 of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 satellites on Sunday. Apr 2, 2023 By Jon Harper