Such a system could disrupt adversary satellites overhead that might be surveilling or targeting U.S. forces on the ground. The U.S. Space Force is testing a new ground-based satellite jamming ...

The 5-year-old U.S. Space Force is moving quickly to confront what is becoming its priority challenge: the threat of anti-satellite weapons (ASATs) from foreign adversaries, including Russia and ...

Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, commander of the U.S. Space Force’s Space Operations Command, told SpaceNews last month that the most likely form of attack facing satellite networks today does not ...

The 5-year-old U.S. Space Force is moving quickly to confront what is becoming its priority challenge: the threat of anti-satellite weapons (ASATs) from foreign adversaries, including Russia and Ch… ...

Active defenses are kinetic or nonkinetic options that attack a counter space threat. That could mean a satellite-mounted laser used to blind an incoming missile, or some mechanism that could grab and ...

China is advancing rapidly in military space technology, raising concerns within the United States Space Force (USSF).

Space Systems Command’s Parallax Rising 2.2 tabletop exercise game board. Credit: SSC Public Affairs WASHINGTON — As new technologies pave the way for refueling satellites in space, the U.S ...

Space Force wants six kinds of space weapons—including anti-satellite lasers Controlling space means "employing kinetic and non-kinetic means to affect adversary capabilities." ...

China's Shijian-21 and Shijian-25 satellites, known as SJ-21 and SJ-25 for short, likely docked together in geosynchronous ...

The U.S. Space Force is working to develop what is being called a “space aircraft carrier” for rapid satellite launching.

WASHINGTON — The Space Force selected teams led by Lockheed Martin and Raytheon to develop competing ground-control systems to operate its next generation of secure communication satellites. The ...

Space Force hopes to address more general space junk issues in low-Earth orbit through testing in-orbit debris removal technologies. Phase 1 awards are valued at $250,000 and Phase 2 at $1.5 ...