The head of Poland’s space agency was fired over a bungled response to SpaceX debris falling over Polish territory. A […]
Category: military space
What is space war-fighting? The Space Force’s top general has some thoughts.
Controlling space means “employing kinetic and non-kinetic means to affect adversary capabilities.” Members of the Space Force render a salute […]
The X-37B spaceplane lands after helping pave the way for “maneuver warfare”
On this mission, military officials said the X-37B tested “space domain awareness technology experiments” that aim to improve the Space […]
When Europe needed it most, the Ariane 6 rocket finally delivered
“For this sovereignty, we must yield to the temptation of preferring SpaceX.” Europe’s second Ariane 6 rocket lifted off from […]
ULA’s Vulcan rocket still doesn’t have the Space Force’s seal of approval
ULA crews at Cape Canaveral have already stacked the next Vulcan rocket on its mobile launch platform in anticipation of […]
Rocket Report: Another hiccup with SpaceX upper stage; Japan’s H3 starts strong
Vast’s schedule for deploying a mini-space station in low-Earth orbit was always ambitious. A stack of 21 Starlink internet satellites […]
Trump executive order calls for a next-generation missile defense shield
One of the new Trump administration’s first national security directives aims to defend against missile and drone attacks targeting the […]
Rocket Report: China launches refueling demo; DoD’s big appetite for hypersonics
We’re just a few days away from getting a double-dose of heavy-lift rocket action. Stratolaunch’s Talon-A hypersonic rocket plane will […]