The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently issued broad agency announcements for three initiatives aimed at improving synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technology in satellites. As SAR sensors rely on radar, they can produce images […]
The U.S. Space Force is now receiving data collected by a constellation of about 40 geolocation cubesats operated by Spire Global to detect GPS jamming. The goal of the project is to discover a way to […]
Space Force has launched two additional satellites as part of its Space Domain Awareness initiative (SDA). The satellites are part of the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP). They are capable of locating and identifying […]
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory recently issued a solicitation for the Real-Time Assessment and Augmentation of Cognitive Performance in Extreme Environments project. The project seeks to develop wearable sensors to detect fatigue and stress […]
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has scheduled Phase I of its Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration Project (CRD2) for sometime in the year 2023. CRD2 is one of the world’s first technology demonstrations of […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently issued a solicitation for two technical areas of the Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node (Space-BACN) project. Space-BACN will be a reconfigurable, multi-protocol, intersatellite optical communications terminal used to […]
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is conducting a 90-day analysis of the use of small, low-cost satellites to demonstrate networked radio communications between nanosatellites while in orbit. The CubeSat Networked Communications Experiment Block 1 is […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded contracts for the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program’s first phase. DRACO’s goal is to demonstrate a nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) system to power […]
Gen. James Dickinson, commander of U.S. Space Command, recently stated before the Senate Armed Services Committee his opinion that the growing number of satellites orbiting the Earth could create safety problems if not correctly managed. […]
Relativity Space – a California start-up offering autonomous rockets and launch services for satellites – recently announced the creation of a new reusable rocket named Terran R. The Terran R is a larger orbital rocket than […]
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