Tag: low earth orbit

In the future battlefield, if you can be seen, you can be killed—Army intel warns hiding in plain sight will be the ultimate survival skill.

X-Bow’s Bolt Rocket just took flight, reshaping rocket tech with flexible, fast-made motors that could change the future of defense.

On April 6, GA-ASI conducted a flight test for its MQ-20 drone using artificial intelligence and Low Earth Orbit satellite communications.

Space Force Chief General John Raymond admitted on a live stream that space is the “wild, wild west,” and the U.S. is no longer the fastest gun.

Earlier this week, NASA Astronaut Christina Koch broke the record for the longest time spent in space by any woman. She surpassed the previous record set by another prolific NASA astronaut, Peggy Whitson. It seems likely that Koch’s new record will stand for some time, as she still has six weeks left aboard the International […]

SpaceX’s next generation rocket, known as the Starship, may one day ferry passengers and cargo to and from distant locations like the Moon and Mars. But you can’t get to deep space without breaking a few eggs (or spaceships, as the case may be). During pressure testing operations on Wednesday, a test version of the […]

The International Space Station has been in orbit around our planet since 1998, providing the human race with a (semi) permanent habitable space at the front door of the great beyond. That timeline offers an interesting bit of perspective — as you come to realize that America’s latest generation of enlisted warfighters, joining the service […]

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced last Wednesday his nation had achieved a “historic feat” by successfully conducting an anti-satellite missile test with a ground-based missile platform, making India the fourth nation on the planet to boast such a capability. The test, however, produced at least 400 pieces of orbital debris large enough to pose […]

The United States’ Ground-based Midcourse Defense System has had its ups and downs over the years, but finally just showed it has what it takes to defend the country from an inbound nuclear missile launched from a nation like North Korea or Iran. In a first for the system, a salvo of two ground-based interceptors […]

The United States’ Ground-based Midcourse Defense System has had its ups and downs over the years, but finally just showed it has what it takes to defend the country from an inbound nuclear missile launched from a nation like North Korea or Iran. In a first for the system, a salvo of two ground-based interceptors […]

The United States’ Ground-based Midcourse Defense System has had its ups and downs over the years, but finally just showed it has what it takes to defend the country from an inbound nuclear missile launched from a nation like North Korea or Iran. In a first for the system, a salvo of two ground-based interceptors […]

Missile defense has been a priority in the United States for decades, in no small part because the threat posed by long-range, nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles remains as one of the few direct threats to the American mainland that could arise with little to no warning. In today’s world, it would be all but impossible to […]