“I hope this blows your mind because it blows my mind.” A Long March 3B rocket carrying a new Chinese […]
Tag: military space
Ars spoke with the military’s chief orbital traffic cop—here’s what we learned
“We have some 2,000 or 2,200 objects that I call the ‘red order of battle.’” Col. Raj Agrawal participates in […]
What exactly is Golden Dome? This Space Force general owes Trump an answer.
“Basically, I’ve been given 60 days to come up with the objective architecture.” Gen. Michael Guetlein, overseeing the development of […]
It’s hunting season in orbit as Russia’s killer satellites mystify skywatchers
“Once more, we play our dangerous game—a game of chess—against our old adversary.” In this pool photograph distributed by the […]
Nearly everyone opposes Trump’s plan to kill space traffic control program
The trade organizations count the largest Western commercial satellite operators among their members: SpaceX, Amazon, Eutelsat OneWeb, Planet Labs, Iridium, […]
China jumps ahead in the race to achieve a new kind of reuse in space
The SJ-21 and SJ-25 satellites “merged” on July 2 and have remained together since then. This image from a telescope […]
Do these Buddhist gods hint at the purpose of China’s super-secret satellites?
The patches for a quartet of Chinese satellites launched since March each portray one of the Four Heavenly Kings. We […]
Weapons of war are launching from Cape Canaveral for the first time since 1988
Unlike a recent hypersonic missile test, officials didn’t immediately confirm Friday’s flight was a success. File photo of a previous […]
A military satellite waiting to launch with ULA will now fly with SpaceX
For the second time in six months, SpaceX will deploy a US military satellite that was sitting in storage, waiting […]
With new contracts, SpaceX will become the US military’s top launch provider
The military’s stable of certified rockets will include Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, Vulcan, and New Glenn. A SpaceX Falcon Heavy […]