Space

Final AEHF Satellite Launches After Brief Delay

March 26, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
The Space Force and United Launch Alliance successfully launched the sixth Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., around 4:15 p.m. March 26. AEHF-6, the final piece of the protected satellite comms constellation, will reach its destination after about ...

AEHF-6 Set for Launch Despite Pandemic

March 24, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
The Space Force’s first launch under the National Security Space Launch program is moving forward, despite the threat of coronavirus, to put the sixth and final Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite on orbit March 26. By adding the sixth AEHF satellite, U.S. troops should expect ...

Col. Alfred M. Worden, 1932-2020

March 18, 2020 | By John A. Tirpak
Astronaut Al Worden died March 18 at the age of 88. A former USAF fighter pilot, he was the Command Module Pilot for the all-Air Force Apollo 15 mission, during which he made the first "deep space" spacewalk.

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 ...