The Space Force wants to cut one Lockheed Martin-built geosynchronous satellite from its Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared program. (Lockheed Martin) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force’s ...

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 ...

Geosynchronous Synthetic Aperture Radar (GEO SAR) systems represent a promising frontier in Earth observation technology, offering continuous monitoring of specified regions with exceptionally short ...

Space Operations Command has accepted Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites 5 and 6 as operationally capable and has presented them to United States Space Command for ...

The U.S. Space Force has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a potential five-year, $977.6 million contract modification from Space Systems Command to continue providing development, operational ...

An unknown number of satellites that are part of a new U.S. national security initiative to track objects from geosynchronous orbit (GEO) were deployed on Sept. 10 during one of the last Atlas V ...

Last year, scientists drove up Mauna Loa volcano on Hawai’i, aimed a laser at a reflector positioned on Haleakala peak on Maui, and beamed rapid pulses of laser light through 150 kilometers of ...

It's been decades since humanity first sent a satellite into orbit, and during all this time we kind of become experts at it. What we still haven't mastered yet is extending the life of these ...

9:50 am EDT Tuesday update: The Atlas V rocket has returned to its hangar at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to take shelter from Hurricane Idalia, which is forecast to strike the Florida Gulf ...

Scientists have demonstrated a capability long sought by physicists: transmitting extremely precise time signals through the air between far-flung locations at powers that are compatible with future ...