A Minotaur I rocket successfully boosts the Operationally Responsive Space-1 (ORS-1) satellite into space from NASA’s Wallops Island launch facility on Virginia’s eastern shore. ORS-1 is designed to provide additional overhead imagery to commanders in Southwest Asia.
US Space Command Should Always Be Led by a Guardian
Sept. 12, 2026
General Stephen Whiting took command of U.S. Space Command in January 2024, and if customary three-year tenures hold, his tour would end in January 2027. The question now before the President and Senate is who should follow him? Whoever they choose, it has to be a Guardian—and so should every successor…
