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Washington Post • Christian Davenport

Inside the Space Force as it prepares for a new kind of war

An exclusive inside look at a Space Force training exercise reveals how the secretive service is reworking doctrine and operations to prepare to fight the next war in space. The report traces a strategic shift: a domain long treated as a peaceful sanctuary is being readied for contested, warfighting scenarios.

2025-09-19T08:13:57.860706-07:00

Wall Street Journal

SpaceX launches eighth X-37B OTV for U.S. Space Force to demo laser communications and quantum navigation

2025-08-21T13:17:26.563883-07:00

DefenseNews.com

Space Force to Launch X-37B OTV-8 in August to Demonstrate Laser Comms and Quantum Inertial Sensor

2025-07-28T07:38:51.292653-07:00

Spaceflight Now

ULA’s Vulcan Rocket Set for First Space Force National Security Mission

2025-08-12T04:40:42.517167-07:00

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Washington Post

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Inside the Space Force as it prepares for a new kind of war An exclusive inside look at a Space Force training exercise reveals how the secretive service is reworking doctrine and operations to prepare to fight the next war in space. The report traces a strategic shift: a domain long treated as a peaceful sanctuary is being readied for contested, warfighting scenarios.

2025-09-19T08:13:57.860706-07:00

Inside the Space Force as it prepares for a new kind of war

Breaking Defense

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Space Force chief urges holistic space‑domain awareness to find 'lost' on‑orbit objects Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman urged a holistic approach to space‑domain awareness, saying the service must improve its ability to detect and track on‑orbit activity and to locate objects that have been "lost" to its surveillance network. He called for closing those capability gaps.

2025-09-18T11:36:37.650202-07:00

Space Force chief urges holistic space‑domain awareness to find 'lost' on‑orbit objects

Bloomberg Law

Space Force general completes 'Golden Dome' blueprint; Pentagon withholds scope and cost Space Force four‑star Gen. Michael Guetlein has completed a blueprint for President Trump’s 'Golden Dome' air‑and‑space missile‑defense network, delivering a detailed program outline after a directed sprint. The Pentagon declined to disclose the blueprint’s technical scope, acquisition timeline or estimated costs.

2025-09-17T15:32:31.256696-07:00

Space Force general completes 'Golden Dome' blueprint; Pentagon withholds scope and cost

Breaking Defense

Space Force reorganizes Joint Commercial Operations, activates System Delta 81 to push commercial space data to operators The U.S. Space Force is reorganizing its Joint Commercial Operations cell to deliver commercial space-monitoring data directly to operational units and to establish an acquisition pathway for that data. Simultaneously it activated System Delta 81 to link testing and training environments with acquisition and operational capabilities.

2025-09-17T12:39:52.566001-07:00

Space Force reorganizes Joint Commercial Operations, activates System Delta 81 to push commercial space data to operators

CBS News

Northrop Grumman's first Cygnus XL (NG-23) launches on SpaceX Falcon 9 with 11,000 lb of cargo to the ISS Northrop Grumman launched NG‑23, the debut Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft, Sept. 14 from Cape Canaveral on a SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying about 11,000 lb (more than 5 tonnes) of supplies to the International Space Station. Falcon 9 returned to LZ‑2 and Cygnus deployed its two solar arrays en route.

2025-09-14T16:28:53.764871-07:00

Northrop Grumman's first Cygnus XL (NG-23) launches on SpaceX Falcon 9 with 11,000 lb of cargo to the ISS

Denver Post

Colorado Springs to Recalibrate After Loss of U.S. Space Command HQ Colorado Springs must recalibrate its aerospace and defense economy after losing the permanent headquarters of U.S. Space Command at Peterson Space Force Base. The shift threatens local jobs, supplier ties and military investment, forcing city leaders and companies to pursue new federal missions and private-sector anchors.

2025-09-14T09:37:10.594286-07:00

Colorado Springs to Recalibrate After Loss of U.S. Space Command HQ

energy-reporters.com

US Space Force and Gravitics to build $60M orbital 'aircraft carrier' to deploy satellites from orbit The U.S. Space Force has teamed with Gravitics on a $60 million effort to develop an orbital "aircraft carrier" platform that can host and deploy satellites from orbit. The prototype is presented as part of the service's push to sustain space superiority and new on-orbit operational concepts.

2025-09-12T14:20:18.727145-07:00

US Space Force and Gravitics to build $60M orbital 'aircraft carrier' to deploy satellites from orbit

cpr.org

Colorado GOP Frames Space Command Relocation as Chance for Space Force Growth and Other Military Investment Facing the permanent move of U.S. Space Command headquarters, Colorado Republicans are stressing expected growth in Space Force missions and additional military investments for the state in coming years. They argue expanded Space Force activity will cushion economic and strategic impacts from the HQ relocation.

2025-09-10T14:55:17.625878-07:00

Colorado GOP Frames Space Command Relocation as Chance for Space Force Growth and Other Military Investment

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