US Space Force aims to deploy maneuverable spacecraft, not as isolated units but housed within a central "mothership" capable ...

The U.S. Space Force has chosen Gravitics to build and fly an orbital carrier that could send up maneuverable military space ...

The Spiral’s primary mission, had it made it beyond the test stage, would have been a combination of reconnaissance and ...

The US Space Force first demonstrated this tactically responsive capability with a launch on Firefly's Alpha rocket in 2023. As part of this "Victus Nox" test flight, a satellite was encapsulated into ...

From a chain of massive barges stretching from a Chinese beach into the sea, to a powerful new design for cutting undersea ...

Beijing is fostering the growth of China’s commercial space industry in a bid to narrow a space-race gap with the U.S.

Vice Chief of Space Operations General Michael Guetlein has warned foreign satellites are currently 'dogfighting' in space, spawning US preparations.

“Gen. Guetlein referenced Chinese satellite maneuvers observed in space,” a spokesperson told Breaking Defense. “China conducted a series of proximity operations in 2024 involving three Shiyan-24C ...

Parts of China’s space strategy might not seem directly tied to defense: plans for a joint Chinese-Russian lunar facility, a ...

Chinese commercial launch company iSpace has secured new funding as it prepares for a first launch of its Hyperbola-3 reusable rocket. The company, full name Beijing Interstellar Glory ...

The United States Space Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 (OTV-7) landed successfully at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The seventh mission of this experimental spacecraft lasted ...