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  • Focused on the Threat: Kinetic Energy Weapons (Part 4 of 6)

    In today’s congested and contested space domain, space threats are no longer science fiction:  they are science fact. As we approach the fifth anniversary of the U.S. Space Force, we examine the top threats to U.S. interests in, from and to space. Part four of this six-part series focuses on kinetic

  • Space Force awards four 'Quick Start' Resilient GPS agreements

    The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command awarded four agreements to Astranis, Axient, L3 Harris, and Sierra Space to produce design concepts for Lite Evolving Augmented Proliferation one of the Resilient Global Positioning System program.

  • Focused on the Threat: Directed Energy Weapons (Part 3 of 6)

    Once upon a time it was the stuff of science fiction: lasers in space so powerful they could blind satellites sending GPS and other signals to earth. Today, directed energy weapons are very real and can be used to damage and degrade equipment and signals. They might take the form of a ground-based

  • Focused on the Threat: Electronic Warfare (Part 2 of 6)

    In today’s congested and contested space domain, space threats are no longer science fiction – they are science fact. As we approach the USSF’s fifth anniversary, we examine the top threats to U.S. interests in, from and to space. Part two of this six-part series focuses on electronic warfare.

  • Focused on the Threat: Cyber Attacks (Part 1 of 6)

    When the United States first began launching satellites more than half a century ago, the main threats to those valuable systems and hardware were the natural phenomena of the space environment. In today’s congested and contested space domain, U.S. interests in space are also now subject to man-made

  • NASA’s Gateway Deep Space Logistics Team Shares Insights with SSC

    Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Installations, Logistics, and Product Support organization recently hosted  NASA’s Gateway Deep Space Logistics (DSL) for a Lunch and Learn event that featured presentations by DSL’s Derek Mitchell, Chief Safety & Mission Assurance Officer, and Herman Moyer, Project

  • Space Systems Command Speaks Out On #WhyIServe Day

    What’s your why? This was the simple ask from Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in commemoration of #WhyIServeDay on August 21, 2024.   Austin encouraged service members from all branches to articulate why they choose to serve in our nation’s military and share their reasons on social media. Space