Featured in anti-satellite weaponsBYEmma HelfrichApr 20, 2022ShareThe U.S. Is Done Blowing Up Satellites With Missiles In TestsThe U.S. has made a promise to end destructive direct ascent anti-satellite weapon testing, calling on foreign nations to join them. BYEmma HelfrichApr 20, 2022ShareBYBrett TingleyJan 5, 2022ShareAir Force’s Small Telescope Tech Will Help Detect Enemy Satellites Sneaking Up On Friendly OnesThe previously classified Starfire Optical Range aids astronomers while enabling the Space Force to better detect and track small objects in space. BYBrett TingleyJan 5, 2022ShareBYJoseph TrevithickDec 8, 2021ShareSecret Space Force Capabilities Could Be Declassified If New Bill Becomes LawLess classification could help Space Force better deter attacks on space-based systems and make it easier to promote its mission-critical work. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 8, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickNov 30, 2021ShareU.S. Satellites Are Being Attacked Every Day According To Space Force GeneralSpace Force general details how jamming, blinding lasers, cyber attacks, and other satellites have America’s space-based capabilities under siege. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 30, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickNov 30, 2021ShareNASA Calls Off Spacewalk As Concerns Over Russian Anti-Satellite Test Debris Continue (Updated)Russia’s recent anti-satellite test has made the already major problem of debris in low-earth orbit markedly worse. BYThomas NewdickNov 30, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickSep 14, 2021ShareDARPA Wants Cheap Laser Communications Terminals To Allow Any Satellite To Talk To AnotherA cheap laser terminal that can handle multiple waveforms will drastically expand the resiliency and capabilities of space-based communications. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 14, 2021ShareBYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayJul 14, 2021ShareGigantic Hangar Near Secretive Chinese Test Facilities Points To Exotic Airship DevelopmentThe hangar, which is one of the largest on earth, sits among remote missile defense and anti-satellite development installations. BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayJul 14, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickApr 21, 2021ShareThis Is Our First Ever Look At A Top Secret Soviet Space ‘Missile’The Shchit-2 was a missile-like system designed to protect Soviet military space stations from attack. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 21, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJan 21, 2021ShareSpace Force Has A Unit Dedicated To Orbital Warfare That Now Operates The X-37B SpaceplaneSpace Delta 9 is charged with not only keeping watch for potential threats in space, but being ready to defeat them, if necessary. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 21, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 6, 2020ShareWork Begins On Starlink-Like Constellation Of Small Hypersonic Missile-Tracking SatellitesThe Pentagon’s grand space strategy envisions a shift from larger, expensive satellites to massive constellations of smaller, easier to replace ones. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 6, 2020ShareBYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowaySep 9, 2020ShareChina’s Secret Spacecraft Looks To Have Landed At This Remote Base With A Massive RunwayThe craft, which is thought to be a spaceplane designed to land on a traditional runway, also appears to have launched a small payload into orbit. BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowaySep 9, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 23, 2020ShareSpace Force Boss Says One Of Russia’s Killer Satellites Fired A Projectile In OrbitA very recent test involved small orbital “inspectors” that had previously been observed shadowing an American spy satellite. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 23, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 9, 2020ShareAir Force Is Looking Beyond Traditional Orbits To Get An Upper Hand In SpaceConcerns about new threats and challenges, especially from China, are pushing efforts both closer to and farther away from Earth. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 9, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMay 19, 2020ShareX-37B’s Power Beaming Payload A Reminder Of Potential Orbital Microwave Anti-Satellite WeaponsTechnology related to sending power via a microwave beam down to Earth could potentially be applied to taking out hostile targets in space. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 19, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickFeb 4, 2020ShareA Russian “Inspector” Spacecraft Now Appears To Be Shadowing An American Spy SatelliteThe Russian satellite recently moved into a new position where it has an especially good view of a US KH-11 spy satellite. BYJoseph TrevithickFeb 4, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickDec 10, 2019ShareSpace Force Looks Go For Launch But Questions Remain About How It Will ‘Dogfight In Space’Congress looks set to order the creation of Space Force before receiving reports detailing how it will work or what it will cost. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 10, 2019Share12
BYEmma HelfrichApr 20, 2022ShareThe U.S. Is Done Blowing Up Satellites With Missiles In TestsThe U.S. has made a promise to end destructive direct ascent anti-satellite weapon testing, calling on foreign nations to join them. BYEmma HelfrichApr 20, 2022Share
BYBrett TingleyJan 5, 2022ShareAir Force’s Small Telescope Tech Will Help Detect Enemy Satellites Sneaking Up On Friendly OnesThe previously classified Starfire Optical Range aids astronomers while enabling the Space Force to better detect and track small objects in space. BYBrett TingleyJan 5, 2022Share
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 8, 2021ShareSecret Space Force Capabilities Could Be Declassified If New Bill Becomes LawLess classification could help Space Force better deter attacks on space-based systems and make it easier to promote its mission-critical work. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 8, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickNov 30, 2021ShareU.S. Satellites Are Being Attacked Every Day According To Space Force GeneralSpace Force general details how jamming, blinding lasers, cyber attacks, and other satellites have America’s space-based capabilities under siege. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 30, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickNov 30, 2021ShareNASA Calls Off Spacewalk As Concerns Over Russian Anti-Satellite Test Debris Continue (Updated)Russia’s recent anti-satellite test has made the already major problem of debris in low-earth orbit markedly worse. BYThomas NewdickNov 30, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickSep 14, 2021ShareDARPA Wants Cheap Laser Communications Terminals To Allow Any Satellite To Talk To AnotherA cheap laser terminal that can handle multiple waveforms will drastically expand the resiliency and capabilities of space-based communications. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 14, 2021Share
BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayJul 14, 2021ShareGigantic Hangar Near Secretive Chinese Test Facilities Points To Exotic Airship DevelopmentThe hangar, which is one of the largest on earth, sits among remote missile defense and anti-satellite development installations. BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayJul 14, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickApr 21, 2021ShareThis Is Our First Ever Look At A Top Secret Soviet Space ‘Missile’The Shchit-2 was a missile-like system designed to protect Soviet military space stations from attack. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 21, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJan 21, 2021ShareSpace Force Has A Unit Dedicated To Orbital Warfare That Now Operates The X-37B SpaceplaneSpace Delta 9 is charged with not only keeping watch for potential threats in space, but being ready to defeat them, if necessary. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 21, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 6, 2020ShareWork Begins On Starlink-Like Constellation Of Small Hypersonic Missile-Tracking SatellitesThe Pentagon’s grand space strategy envisions a shift from larger, expensive satellites to massive constellations of smaller, easier to replace ones. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 6, 2020Share
BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowaySep 9, 2020ShareChina’s Secret Spacecraft Looks To Have Landed At This Remote Base With A Massive RunwayThe craft, which is thought to be a spaceplane designed to land on a traditional runway, also appears to have launched a small payload into orbit. BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowaySep 9, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 23, 2020ShareSpace Force Boss Says One Of Russia’s Killer Satellites Fired A Projectile In OrbitA very recent test involved small orbital “inspectors” that had previously been observed shadowing an American spy satellite. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 23, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 9, 2020ShareAir Force Is Looking Beyond Traditional Orbits To Get An Upper Hand In SpaceConcerns about new threats and challenges, especially from China, are pushing efforts both closer to and farther away from Earth. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 9, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMay 19, 2020ShareX-37B’s Power Beaming Payload A Reminder Of Potential Orbital Microwave Anti-Satellite WeaponsTechnology related to sending power via a microwave beam down to Earth could potentially be applied to taking out hostile targets in space. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 19, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickFeb 4, 2020ShareA Russian “Inspector” Spacecraft Now Appears To Be Shadowing An American Spy SatelliteThe Russian satellite recently moved into a new position where it has an especially good view of a US KH-11 spy satellite. BYJoseph TrevithickFeb 4, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 10, 2019ShareSpace Force Looks Go For Launch But Questions Remain About How It Will ‘Dogfight In Space’Congress looks set to order the creation of Space Force before receiving reports detailing how it will work or what it will cost. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 10, 2019Share
