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Space Force’s Weather Experts Adjust to New Launch Era

March 23, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
Weather experts at Florida's Space Coast will feel the pinch of an increasingly crowded launch schedule as higher demand requires more forecasting services. Employees of the Space Force’s 45th Weather Squadron include civilian launch weather officers who are tasked to work with a particular launch ...

Digital Twins Proliferate as Smart Way to Test Tech

March 15, 2020 | By Shaun Waterman
Faced with a congressional mandate to test its GPS system for cyber vulnerabilities, the Air Force commissioned a digital replica of the satellites and then asked contractors to hack the system. The use of "digital twins" is expanding from modelling in conventional simulators to include ...

Space Force Mulls Future SATCOM Acquisition

March 11, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
The Space Force aims to release details of its new satellite communications acquisition strategy this summer as the service considers how to combine government and privately owned technologies into one seamless enterprise. Space Force boss Gen. Jay Raymond last month signed off on a vision ...

DOD Seeks New Satellite Communications Prototypes

March 10, 2020 | By Shaun Waterman
The Defense Department is seeking innovative ways to connect U.S. military units all over the world, provide high bandwidth services via laser, and communicate with submarines deep underwater. A recently issued contract solicitation launched a four-phase prototyping effort that will lead to a brand new ...

ULA Postpones AEHF-6 Launch Due to Valve Issue

March 10, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
United Launch Alliance announced March 10 its Atlas V rocket launch that will carry the Air Force’s sixth Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite into space is delayed by at least two days because of an unusual valve reading. “Additional time is needed for the team ...