Missions

Improving Space Operations Workshop 2021 (ISOW 2021)
Space Operations Professional,
You are invited to attend the Improving Space Operations Workshop…

Improving Space Operations Workshop 2021 (ISOW 2021)
Space Operations Professional,
You are invited to attend the Improving Space Operations Workshop…

Improving Space Operations Workshop 2021 (ISOW 2021)
Space Operations Professional,
You are invited to attend the Improving Space Operations Workshop…

ESA selects Arianespace for Euclid dark universe probe launch
Arianespace and ESA announced the signing of a contract Tuesday for launch of the Euclid dark universe exploration mission.

Viasat selected to develop military Link 16 communications satellite in low Earth orbit
Viasat will build a small satellite equipped with a Link 16 radio that will serve as a network relay.


Op-ed | Accelerating the U.S. space program requires measured risks
America must continue to be a leader, willing to invest real and intellectual capital, to develop a balanced space exploration program.

Foust Forward | Selling a fuzzy vision of going back to the moon
It’s been nearly six weeks since Vice President Mike Pence charged NASA with landing humans on the moon by 2024. Since then, the space industry, as well as members of Congress, have been seeking answers to two questions: how will NASA carry this out, and for how much?

Boeing receives $605 million Air Force contract for WGS-11 communications satellite
The WGS-11 satellite is being funded with money that Congress inserted into the fiscal year 2018 budget.

Moon 2024: A new sense of urgency
With one sentence, Vice President Mike Pence was directing NASA to accelerate its lunar landing plans by four years, with few details about how it would be accomplished, or for how much.

Op-ed | Lunar Gateway or Moon Direct?
NASA has proposed to build a lunar orbiting space station, called the lunar Gateway, to use as a base for lunar exploration. This plan is severely defective.

Air Force experiment NTS-3 could point the way to the next generation of GPS
The Air Force Research Laboratory in 2022 will launch an experimental PNT satellite called NTS-3, short for Navigation Technology Satellite 3.



SSL cancels DARPA satellite servicer agreement
The company said it backed out the servicer program in order to focus on "other capital priorities, such as WorldView Legion.”