The Space Force's Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program satellites, depicted here, serve a neighborhood watch function in geosynchronous orbit. (U.S. Air Force) The Space Force is ...

The United States Space Force is exploring options to use its new Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve to facilitate on-demand launches for getting much needed capabilities on orbit quickly. Col.

Illustration of congestion in geostationary orbit. Credit: ESA/ID&Sense/ONiRiXEL; CC BY-SA 3.0 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force will evaluate commercial alternatives to its bespoke military ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—A Space Force program that buys commercial satellite imagery and analytics has seen success across combatant commands—and with a plus-up from Congress, the service hopes to ...

The first RFI targets Space Launch Complex 46 (SLC-46) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Florida’s Space Coast. This ...

Rocket Lab’s exhibit at the 40th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs. Credit; Rocket Lab WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force is changing how it evaluates risk for launch missions, using tiered mission ...

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying Amazon's Project Kuiper's first production satellites lifts off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. (Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty ...

General Chance Saltzman’s newly released Vector 2025 is the clearest articulation yet of the U.S. Space Force’s purpose, priorities, and philosophy. It captures the seriousness of today’s contested ...

When President Donald Trump signed the Space Force into existence, he hailed space as the “world’s newest warfighting domain.” Five years later, the Space Force is fully embracing its role as ...

On the Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025 episode of The Excerpt podcast: Are humans on the precipice of not only being visitors to outer space, but also becoming permanent residents? Namrata Goswami, ...

President Donald Trump announces the Golden Dome missile defense shield alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Sen. Kevin Cramer, and Sen. Dan Sullivan in the Oval Office in May 2025. A revolution ...