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The US Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded a contract to SciTec to provide critical applications for its missile warning mission.

Lincoln Laboratory has installed a reconfigurable antenna, able to transmit and receive signals over multiple radio-frequency bands, for enabling the development of advanced satellite communications technology.

"As an agency, we've been pretty clear that there really isn't a material difference ... between tactical ISR or strategic ISR. It's just ISR. It's taking pictures from space," said Pete Muend, NRO's director of commercial operations.

The US Space Force’s (USSF) geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) wide field of view (WFOV) testbed has gone online.

The U.S. Space Force awarded Orion Space Solutions a contract worth up to $44.5 million to develop three spacecraft for its Tetra-5 Space Vision program.

Sixth and final element of infrared constellation set to identify hostile missile launches.

In this issue Max Q: Astra changes strategy in the wake of launch failures; SpaceX launches South Korean lunar mission; news from Zenno Astronautics

--SBIRS GEO-6 Sets Stage for Upcoming Next Generation Resilient Missile Warning Architecture

The US Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) has successfully launched the last Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite (GEO-6).

The sixth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite lifted off this morning (Aug. 4), completing the SBIRS GEO constellation for the U.S. Space Force.