The Mitchell Institute is advocating that from now on Congress bolster the Space Force’s budget by “about $250M a year” and “increase end strength by approximately 200 personnel for the new responsibilities associated with emerging national interests on the moon and the cislunar region.”
By Theresa HitchensA new approach to speed, scale and efficiency for the industrial base
Radars, EW, EO/IR, space imagery, and microelectronics are brought under one roof for a streamlined approach to common people and factories.
“We are talking to potential partners in Australia and are excited to see their space industry continue to grow,” an Astroscale spokesperson said.
By Theresa Hitchens The lab sees “rendezvous, proximity operations and docking,” or RPOD, as critical to future space situational awareness needs, AFRL’s Tristan Griffith told Breaking Defense.
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The National Space Council recently heard suggestions ranging from establishing a licensing “clearinghouse” to temporarily doing away with licensing altogether.
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Kayhan Space is providing its baseline collision avoidance service, Pathfinder Essentials, for free “to keep space safe,” said company co-founder Araz Feyzi.
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The White House announcement comes after the FCC indicated it was wading into the murky regulatory waters of space-space services like satellite repair and refueling.
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DIU is seeking companies with the “capability for bulk storage of liquid (>5,000 kg) and gaseous propellants on orbit,” including hydrazine, liquid oxygen and others.
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Enterprise-wide training: the Army’s $3.5B program for multi-service combat readiness
The competition for Warfighter Training and Readiness Solutions will bring together training networks, combat training centers and live ranges across the DoD enterprise.
The open meeting at times resembled the TV comedy Seinfeld’s Festivus celebration’s “airing of grievances,” but there was widespread accord on a number of recommendations.
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The Japanese-founded startup also will pitch its debris removal services to SPACEWerx Orbit Prime contest, says Astroscale US President Ron Lopez.
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“The key to success is frank and open discussion … tearing down those information sharing barriers, to be sure that we’re truly interoperable,” said Australian Air Commodore Nicholas Hogan.
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TEL AVIV: For decades, Israel has stood as one of the smallest nations to have an indigenous space program, with a national security capability built around large, exquisite capabilities. Now, with the potential of small satellites — cheaper to launch, cheaper to design and cheaper to lose in a combat scenario — being embraced around…
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“DoD is a customer like any other, with a future need for servicing its own satellites to extend mission life,” says Astroscale US President Ron Lopez.
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“I think it will be incumbent on governments pretty soon to force operators to have some way to get their satellite out of the way [when it fails] and get it into a proper graveyard orbit,” says Michael Pollack, who does business development for Effective Space.
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