Tag: space domain awareness

A dense mega-constellation of satellites in orbital shells above a night side Earth with a gold data beam rising from one satellite platform

SpaceX gets first enhanced view of the military’s orbital catalog

A Space Force data trade has put the government's most precise collision picture in the hands of the largest constellation…

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Ground-based laser observatory dome firing a gold beam at a reconnaissance satellite over a night mountain range

Germany opens a market hunt for lasers that can blind satellites

Berlin's space agency is asking industry what ground-based lasers could dazzle or damage satellites from low orbit to geostationary altitude.

Emerging Threats & Tech
An unmarked surveillance spacecraft with flat solar arrays coasting between Earth and the Moon

The Space Force wants cislunar kit that already works

Two new solicitations will seek commercial spacecraft and autonomous software for the region between Earth and the Moon, with fielding…

Emerging Threats & Tech
Six commercial surveillance satellites in formation above a night side Earth, downlinking to a single ground station dish

A commercial reserve for orbit finally gets its order book

Six space domain awareness firms now hold standing agreements that turn a commercial handshake into a wartime call-up.

Satellite Security
Two satellites flying in close formation above the night side of Earth, with gold orbital trails behind them

Moscow loiters a new watcher close to a Ukrainian eye in orbit

Cosmos 2612 held formation within a few hundred meters of ICEYE-X36 for two weeks of deliberate maneuvering, trackers say.

Emerging Threats & Tech
Two spacecraft in low Earth orbit passing close to each other above a night side Earth

A Russian satellite is closing on a Ukrainian radar asset in orbit

Analysts tracked Cosmos 2612 onto a trajectory that brings it near an ICEYE radar spacecraft supplying imagery to Ukraine.

Emerging Threats & Tech