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Aug- 2021 -

31 August

Space

US Space Force Missile Warning System Passes Design Review

The US Space Force Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared missile warning satellite program has passed a critical design review.

Jan- 2021 -

15 January

Americas

The V-2 rocket and Saturn I rocket at Rocket Park on July 2019, at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

Marianne Besas

Colorado Politicians Lament Trump’s Pick of Alabama as Space Command HQ

Several Colorado politicians have reached out to President-elect Biden in the hopes he will reverse Trump's “horrendous decision” to base the US Space Command’s headquarters in Alabama instead of Colorado.

Oct- 2020 -

8 October

Space

A Falcon 9 Starlink rocket successfully launches from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., Aug. 18, 2020.

Staff Writer

New Race for Space: DoD Official Outlines US Space Strategy

On the heels of a meeting in which the US space chief declared that America must be prepared for warfare in space, a Department of Defense official detailed the country's space strategy.

6 October

Space

Photo of a missile being shot into the air.

Ronald Watkins

US Agency Invests to Build Space-Based Missile-Tracking System

The US Space Development Agency announced contracts worth $342 million for two companies to build the first stage of a space-based missile-tracking system.

Jul- 2020 -

24 July

Space

Staff Writer With AFP

US Accuses Russia of Firing Anti-Satellite Weapon in Space

The United States accused Russia on Thursday of test-firing an anti-satellite weapon in space, warning that the threat against Washington's systems was "real, serious and increasing."

Mar- 2020 -

11 March

Americas

Jared Szuba

US-Brazil defense cooperation could help counter China’s space ambitions, general says

A US-Brazil defense research agreement offers the US a leg up over China's space infrastructure ambitions in the Western Hemisphere, SOUTHCOM commander Admiral Craig Faller said

Jan- 2020 -

27 January

Space