Frank Wolfe

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In the more than five year political, economic, and jobs tussle among Alabama and Colorado legislators over the permanent base for U.S. Space Command, the Department of the Air Force did not include disruption to operations as a factor in its decision process-a...

1 week ago | defensedaily.com | Frank Wolfe

U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command (USSF SSC) is exploring the possible lease of commercial small and medium satellites able to maneuver in geosynchronous orbit to detect threats and speed data provision to military forces.

1 week ago | defensedaily.com | Frank Wolfe

U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded Lockheed Martin's [LMT] Littleton, Colo., site a more than $509 million contract for Global Positioning System Follow-On (GPS IIIF) satellites 21 and 22, DoD said on Wednesday.

1 week ago | defensedaily.com | Frank Wolfe

Congress is awaiting the arrival of a fiscal 2026 National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) budget request that may slice $300 million to $400 million for commercial imagery out of a $1 billion pool. If such a cut materializes, it could especially affect commercial...

1 week ago | defensedaily.com | Frank Wolfe

China's development of "high ground" space systems, including anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons, that can reach geosynchronous orbit 23,000 miles above Earth is a concern for the U.S. Space Force (USSF). "The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency assesses the PLA [People's Liberation Army] probably intends to field ASAT weapons able to reach up to geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) at 36,000 km," according to a USSF Space Threat Fact Sheet posted by the National Security Space Association.