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China completes Beidou navigation system to bolster its own military space assets
On Thursday, China has successfully launched a BeiDou-3 satellite completing its own global navigation system. The satellite, the 55th in the family of BeiDou that means "Big Dipper" in Chinese, was launched at 9:43 a.m. (Beijing Time) and...
U.S. Space Force’s newest missile defense satellite successfully completes test
Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp has announced that the U.S. Space Force’s new missile defense satellite successfully completed simulated space environmental testing. On June 9, the world’s most advanced missile defense satellite, called the Space Based Infrared...
U.S. Space Force launches X-37B unmanned spacecraft into orbit for classified mission
The U.S. Space Force has launched the next X-37B unmanned spacecraft into orbit for a classified mission. America's most experienced space launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched the X-37B orbital test vehicle for the U.S. Space...
U.S. Space Force selects Northrop Grumman to develop protected tactical SATCOM rapid prototype
Northrop Grumman, the weapon's manufacturer, has been selected by theU.S. Space Force to develop a protected tactical SATCOM rapid prototype. According to a company news release, the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center selected Northrop Grumman...
U.S. Space Force confirms Russia chasing multibillion-dollar U.S. spy satellite
Some analysts and satellite watchers have reported that Russian spacecraft chasing a multibillion-dollar U.S. spy satellite hundreds of miles above the Earth’s surface. According to media reports in recent weeks, a Russian inspection satellite Cosmos 2542 has recently...
U.S. Space Force launches unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile
The U.S. Space Force — America’s newest military branch — has test-fired a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Wednesday at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, according to U.S. Strategic Command. A team of Air Force...