Firefly to buy SciTec with eye on Golden Dome
One analyst told Breaking Defense Golden Dome "is a motivator for sure, but this deal also provides Firefly with diversified revenue streams."
Space Force’s rapid-launch Victus sats to push both acquisition and operational boundaries
While the current focus on the TacRS program is space domain awareness, Col. Bryon McClain, SSC's head of Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power, said other sorts of operational missions might be undertaken in the future.
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Space Force taps Firefly to launch mysterious Victus Sol ‘responsive space’ mission
A spokesperson for Space System Command's Space Safari office told Breaking Defense that the Victus Sol launch date, payload type, capability requirements and mission objective "will not be disclosed at this time in accordance with mission requirements."
Space Force turning to commercial sats to enhance in-space monitoring
"The next pivot for looking up is to look in outer space from outer space. There's no reason you only need to observe satellite maneuvers from the ground. You can do it from space," Maj. Gen. Gregory Gagnon, Space Force deputy chief of space operations for intelligence, said today.
Is Russia’s Cosmos 2553 satellite a test for a future orbital nuclear weapon?
Breaking Defense was given exclusive space tracking information showing the unique path of the Russian system, one experts say is the reason for US government warnings about space-based nuclear weapons.
Space Force awards contracts for Victus Haze rapid launch mission
Victus Haze is the second iteration of the Space Force’s Tactically Responsive Space-3 (TacRS-3) mission to launch a prototype satellite within 24 hours of a “go” order, but also is designed to quickly perform an up-close on-orbit inspection of a (simulated) threatening spacecraft.
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Space Safari, DIU to select Victus Haze launchers within ‘weeks’
"This will be a modified mission from the Victus Nox mission," David Ryan, space portfolio manager at the Defense Innovation Unit said, noting that "there are two parts of the mission, and DIU is working on a single part with Space Safari."