The startup is also preparing to launch 15 space surveillance satellites and two dedicated missile-warning satellites through 2026–27.

WASHINGTON — As the U.S. military works on developing its next-generation missile defense systems, more of the resources need to be focused in space, experts said Dec. 14. "It's so important that we ...

WASHINGTON — Slingshot Aerospace, a company that specializes in tracking satellites and analyzing orbital data, is seeking to expand internationally with a new service that allows countries to build ...

Gen. Chance Saltzman, chief of space operations, speaks Sept. 17 at the 2025 Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies (AMOS) Conference. Credit: AMOS livestream WASHINGTON — The top ...

The Aurora rocket-powered spaceplane, developed byDawn Aerospace, has made history with its successful test flight, pushing the boundaries of space surveillance. This achievement, announced in August ...

As of August 2024, there were reportedly more than 700 unidentified objects in the Space-Track catalogue maintained by the ...

The Space Tracking and Surveillance System, or STSS, demonstration satellites participated in a test of the next generation of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense, or BMD, weapon system, designated ...

The Space Development Agency awarded $3.5 billion in contracts this month for 72 missile tracking satellites designed to detect hypersonic threats from low Earth orbit, signaling the Pentagon's pivot ...

Illustrative image of Thales' Aurore ground-based low Earth orbit space surveillance radar system. (Thales ) Thales has been contracted by the French Defence Procurement Agency (Direction Générale de ...

Space is no longer the domain of a few government agencies. It has evolved into a vital ecosystem of commercial ventures and scientific innovation that affects global communications, navigation, ...

A missile made by Tucson-based Raytheon Missile Systems destroyed a ballistic missile in a flight test primarily using targeting data from space satellites, the company said Wednesday. During the test ...