Tag: space domain awareness
A 1981 Soviet weather satellite shatters again in orbit
A long-dead Soviet weather satellite has fragmented for the second time, scattering debris through an orbital band where wreckage lingers…
NASA gives Omitron $23.5M to keep its fleet clear of debris
A $23.5M five-year award puts Omitron in charge of conjunction screening for NASA's uncrewed fleet, human spaceflight and NOAA's Office…
Momentus proves a cheap sensor stack can fly a tug in close
The company says its Vigoride-7 tug tracked and approached a NASA satellite using off-the-shelf cameras, a compact LiDAR unit and…
Space Force swaps classified tracking data with SpaceX
The Pentagon is trading access to its most detailed orbital catalogue for tracking feeds from SpaceX's Stargaze camera network.
A new argument for treating orbit as territory rather than a highway
A Space Review essay argues that because constellations produce stable coverage from constantly moving spacecraft, spacepower builds the territory it…
Fourteen Russian satellites swept over a Saudi base before Iran’s attack
A CNN investigation built on Kayhan Space tracking found Russian reconnaissance satellites passing over Prince Sultan Air Base two days…