aerospace

Space Force Helps Hospital Ships During Pandemic

April 28, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
The Defense Department’s coronavirus response is giving the fledgling Space Force a chance to show its skills and shaping how Airmen manage military satellite communications along the way. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said March 17 the Pentagon had given the Navy orders to start preparing ...

New App Lets Users Visualize Satellite Constellations

April 27, 2020 | By Shaun Waterman
For all those who believe that they could do better than Blue Origin boss Jeff Bezos or Space Development Agency chief Derek Tournear at designing communications satellite constellations—there’s now an app for that. Constellations, a new app from Lockheed Martin Space, lets users simply and ...

Pentagon Looks to Stabilize Space Supply Chain

April 17, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
Space acquisition officials in the Pentagon will soon hold a meeting to discuss emergency measures to help the space industrial base, as the coronavirus pandemic threatens military and commercial satellite ambitions. Within the next two weeks, key players from the Department of the Air Force, ...

Roper Asks Congress for Aerospace Industry Support

April 16, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
Air Force acquisition boss Will Roper is seeking more congressional help for the defense industrial base as companies find their new business rhythm in the coronavirus era. “We’re transitioning into the new steady state. The number of new discoveries is going down and that’s good,” ...

Russia Flexes Space Muscle with Anti-Satellite Weapon Test

April 15, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
Russia again flexed its muscle in space by testing a direct-ascent anti-satellite weapon on April 15, drawing criticism from U.S. Space Command. “Russia’s DA-ASAT test provides yet another example that the threats to U.S. and allied space systems are real, serious, and growing,” SPACECOM boss ...