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Vandenberg Colonel delivers state of Air Force Base address
VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. – The State of Vandenberg Air Force Base Address was delivered Thursday virtually due to the pandemic.
Officials are calling 2020 a difficult year, partially due to COVID-19.
Just five of seven planned rocket launches happened, including one from Space X, which was the slowest they’ve seen in decades.
Back in November, the first space operation command was officially established.
Focusing exclusively on generating, resenting and sustaining combat ready space forces.
For 2021, the number of launches planned, has doubled, to a total of 13.
“2000th launch from Vandenberg will occur sometime this fall, said Col. David Rickards. “2000 launches from this part of the Central Coast of California.”
SpiderOak wins Air Force contract for OrbitSecure trial
New protocol provides strong assurance of the authority, identity, integrity, and confidentiality of space architecture data and systems
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WASHINGTON, March 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Maintaining America s space dominance requires new approaches to secure software and communications, and SpiderOak is developing novel solutions for the U.S. Air Force. We have just been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to adapt our OrbitSecure protocol to meet critical military needs.
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Until recently, the traditional approach to operating spacecraft involved a single party operating the craft, the payload, and its ground network. This vertical integration allowed for the information security of the spacecraft to be built around the trust within an organization.
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On February 25, the Chief of Space Operations for the United States Space Force General John W. “Jay” Raymond and renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson sat down for a virtual talk about space and how America’s newest branch is preparing to secure it. And while the conversation was designed to bolster transparency about space and create a sense of cooperation between America’s scientific community and the military, it also, accidentally, revealed some startling implications about the domain and America’s sprint to retain preeminence over it.
The talk was organized by the Air Force Association as part of the annual Aerospace Warfare Symposium, a professional development event designed to highlight the future technologies and challenges of the aerospace and defense industries. The symposium was held live and later shared on YouTube.
Space Force chief says he’s working on a declassification strategy, but offers scant details March 3 An artist s rendering of satellites from the Air Force s Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program, a previously classified surveillance satellite program. (U.S. Air Force) WASHINGTON The head of the U.S. Space Force said the nascent service is developing a declassification strategy for space, but he could not share many details on what a new classification would look like or when it would be implemented broadly. Chief of Space Operations Gen. Jay Raymond acknowledged in a speech Wednesday that the classification regime impedes parts of the Space Force’s mission.