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As satellites become targets, Space Force plans for growth and a broader role

The U.S. Space Force could double in size within the next decade as the Pentagon increasingly treats space as a contested military domain rather than a supporting utility, according to the service’s ...

US Space Force is coming to Arizona. Here's what it'll do

The military decided to house Space Forces Southern in Arizona because of the presence of Air Forces Southern at the ...
The Gazette

Air Force Reserve says goodbye to weather satellite operations

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – An image of Hurricanes Irma and Jose, downloaded by Reserve Citizen Airmen at the 6th Space Operations Squadron from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program ...
Military Times on MSN

Space Forces Southern activated amid Western Hemisphere focus

The U.S. Space Force officially activated the component in a ceremony on Wednesday, formalizing its role in space operations ...
Task & Purpose

Space Force wants an opposition force in orbit

The U.S. Space Force is hoping to get its own permanent opposition force for training, this time in orbit. Specifically, the service is looking at sending up satellites into space to serve as ...
Hosted on MSN

US Space Force Chief of Space Operations gives address at The Citadel

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Students at The Citadel had the chance to ask the Chief of Space Operations for the United States Space Force questions about what he does and why the branch is crucial for ...
The Gazette

Space Force guardians key in bombing Iran, future training calls for aggressor satellites

U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. David N. Miller, Jr., Commander of Space Operations Command (right), speaks at a panel the Air & Space Forces Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference in National Harbor, ...
Defense One

Space Force astronauts? New report says guardians in space would be asset for future ops

Today, guardians go to space only in popular misconception, but tomorrow? There might be solid tactical reasons to put Space Force personnel in orbit, argues a new report from the Mitchell Institute ...
Defense One

There’s a divide within the Space Force. Congress is forcing the service to address it

A year ago, the leaders of the House Armed Services Committee put the Space Force on notice. The service, they said, was putting too much focus on its operators and not enough on its acquisitions ...
Ars Technica

On a day of rebranding at the Pentagon, this name change slipped under the radar

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday authorizing the Department of Defense to refer to itself as the Department of War, reverting to a more bellicose title used until a 1940s-era ...
upnorthlive

York Space Systems to acquire ATLAS Space Operations in major deal

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU)– ATLAS Space Operations, a leader in Ground Software as a Service for satellite communications, announced that York Space Systems' parent company has agreed to acquire ...