Space • The Defense Post

Dec- 2024 -

24 December

Giulia Bernacchi

Poland Buys Four Observation Satellites to Boost Space Defense

Poland has signed a contract with local firm Creotech Instruments to procure a satellite earth observation system.

23 December

Joe Saballa

S. Korea Launches Third Spy Satellite Amid Escalating Tensions With North

The South Korean military has successfully launched another surveillance satellite into space at a time of intensifying tensions with North Korea.

12 December

An Iranian military satellite — dubbed the Nour — was launched in April 2020

Giulia Bernacchi

Iran Launches Heaviest Locally-Developed Satellite Payload Into Orbit

Iran has successfully launched its Simorgh carrier rocket, deploying a domestically-developed space tug and its heaviest payload yet.

11 December

Lockheed Martin's Tactical Satellite, dubbed "TacSat."

Giulia Bernacchi

Lockheed Prepares to Launch New Tactical Satellite ‘TacSat’

Lockheed has announced that its new Tactical Satellite, dubbed "TacSat," will be launched in 2025 aboard a Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket.

3 December

Giulia Bernacchi

Brazilian Air Force Test-Fires VS-30 Suborbital Rocket

The Brazilian Air Force has successfully launched a suborbital rocket using locally-developed technologies.

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27 November

Inder Singh Bisht

Dark to Provide Simulated Space Missile Interception for French Study

The French Defense Innovation Agency has selected space defense startup Dark for a concept study on hostile space object interception in low-Earth orbit.

27 November

Rojoef Manuel

Airbus to Provide New Modems for British Skynet SATCOM Capability

The UK Ministry of Defence has contracted Airbus to provide modems for the British military’s Skynet satellite communications constellation.

22 November

A black F-35 fighter jet plane is seen grounded, facing the viewer. The area it is in is snowy, with the ground completely covered in white snow. The background is a forest of snow-covered trees. The background on the back of the plane is blurred, presumably due to the heat distortion emitted by the plane.

Christine Casimiro

ICEYE Leads Consortium to Enhance Finland’s Space-Enabled ISR Capabilities

Finland has appointed ICEYE to lead a consortium that will enhance the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities of its F-35 program.

18 November

Rojoef Manuel

Kratos Team to Build Ground Infrastructure for US Space-Based Fire Control Program

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has secured a $116.7-million contract to lead a consortium for the development of an Advanced Fire Control Ground Infrastructure for the US Space Development Agency.

15 November

U.S. Space Force 1st Lt. Tia Scoggan, weapons and tactics section chief for the 18th Space Defense Squadron Det. 1, looks at a computer screen at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, Oct. 5, 2022. 18 SDS Det. 1 provides timely and actionable Space Domain Awareness (SDA) for emergent and existing threats that are identified by the Joint Task Force-Space Defense’s National Space Defense Center as on-orbit threats. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tiana Williams)

Rojoef Manuel

US Space Force to Establish Permanent SATCOM Ops Training in Maryland

The US Space Force has selected Fort Detrick in Maryland as the permanent location to train guardians in managing the American military’s satellite communications capabilities.

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