Plus: A push to restore Mars Sample Return funding
The latest from the 41st Space Symposium: Gen. Chance Saltzman released a blueprint for the future of the Space Force, Senators push to restore Mars Sample Return funding, Vast unveiled a new docking adapter for future space stations and more.
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By Sandra Erwin Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman released a warfighting blueprint for the U.S. Space Force, and asked the audience to critique it.
In a keynote address April 15, Saltzman unveiled unclassified versions of two foundational documents, the Future Operating Environment 2040 and the Objective Force 2040, framing them as a paired construct that defines both the problem and the solution for the U.S. Space Force.
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| The U.S. Space Force is poised to receive the largest funding increase in its short history, a windfall that is shifting attention inside the Pentagon from strategy to whether the service can actually spend the money fast enough, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said.
NASA issued April 10 a draft solicitation for Project NEXUS, a part of the broader Commercial Services Project. That document is an effort by the agency to move from traditional government owned and operated communications systems to commercial services. The goal is to replace the existing Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System.
Several senators are asking appropriators to increase funding for NASA’s robotic Mars exploration efforts to at least $400 million, fearing “severe and irreversible harm” if funding is not restored. |
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Commercial space station developer Vast unveiled a new docking interface called the Large Docking Adapter, which the company is offering to the broader industry for future large stations and spacecraft.
The California-based startup, which develops satellites and payloads focused on space domain awareness and non-Earth imaging, said it raised more than $75 million in a Series B funding round.
The European Space Agency has awarded a $22 million contract to Kepler Communications, a Canadian small satellite operator, to lead a hosted payload mission to test terminal interoperability for HydRON, ESA’s flagship optical relay network program. |
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Blue Origin moved a step closer to launching New Glenn rockets from Vandenberg Space Force Base with a U.S. Space Force decision to conduct final negotiations of a lease for Space Launch Complex (SLC)-14.
The National Reconnaissance Office, the agency responsible for U.S. spy satellites, put out a call for partners to accelerate its adoption of state-of-the-art intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities.
SES announced an agreement with Boeing April 14 to start integrating multi-orbit hardware during aircraft production, marking a key step away from retrofit installations to incorporate low Earth orbit broadband.
Commentary: Defining acquisition on a wartime footing Space Force Lt. Gen. Philip Garrant writes about how Space Systems Command is working to adapt acquisition practices to the pace of modern military operations. |
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In the latest episode of Space Minds, recorded at Space Symposium, Mike Gruss talks with Nightwing’s Joe Mazur to discuss the intersection of cyber and space. They chat about the acceleration of cyber operations, the role of offensive cyber capabilities and how acquisition is evolving. Watch now. |
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