The web of 156 orbiting sensors will form the country’s second space situational awareness constellation designed to bring ...

Looking up at the sky just after sunset or just before sunrise will reveal a fairly staggering amount of satellites orbiting ...

Muon Space receives a $1.9M SpaceWERX contract to develop an infrared sensing payload for the Space Force’s missile tracking satellites ...

From low orbit, artificial intelligence is learning to pick out ships, vehicles and even individual people in real time, ...

The Space Force announced a contract Monday for the second installment of its missile warning and tracking constellation in medium Earth orbit. (Millennium Space Systems) The Space Force has selected ...

The Guangshi system, operated by Beijing Kaiyun United – a separate spin-off of Zhongke Xingtu – will eventually include 24 satellites, enhancing the country’s ability to track orbiting objects and ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the United States Air Force Academy have developed a novel instrument called the Spacecraft Speedometer — a compact, ...

This milestone positions Sierra Space to deliver advanced missile warning, missile tracking, and missile defense capabilities as part of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. Sierra Space, a ...

BAE Systems Inc.’s Space and Mission Systems business has won a $1.2 billion U.S. Space Force contract to provide a constellation of missile-tracking satellites, Space Systems Command announced Monday ...

The suggestion, sent to the government earlier this year, has not yet been accepted, with officials from the Ministry of ...

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From intelligence gathering to internet usage to navigation, satellites are used daily across the globe. However, their activity is causing serious issues. In February, a team of researchers from ...