U.S. Space Force
Every Cosmic Herald story on U.S. Space Force — missions, launches, discoveries, and the business of space, newest first.
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Military Space
Space Force's Top Rapid-Acquisition Leader Decamps for Nuclear Weapons Center as Congress Rewrites the Playbook
Kelly Hammett's move from the Space Rapid Capabilities Office to Kirtland AFB comes as both chambers of Congress prepare to fold the agile procurement shop into a broader acquisition framework.
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Military Space
Two More Jam-Resistant GPS Satellites: Inside the Space Force's $514M GPS IIIF Order
The Space Force ordered two more GPS IIIF satellites from Lockheed Martin for $514 million, pushing the next-gen order to 14 spacecraft and hardening the GPS constellation against jamming with M-Code, a digital payload, and regional power focusing.
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Military Space
The Air Force Wants to Launch and Catch Rockets from Old Oil Platforms at Sea
A new Air Force initiative would transform decommissioned offshore oil rigs into sea-based rocket recovery stations — extending Space Force launch flexibility and reducing dependence on a handful of fixed land-based pads.
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Military Space
The SDA's Transport Layer: America's Proliferated Military Satellite Constellation
The Space Development Agency is building a mesh network of hundreds of small military satellites in low Earth orbit — a fundamentally different approach to space-based command and control than anything the US has operated before.
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Military Space
Space is already a battlefield. Ukraine showed us what that looks like.
The war in Ukraine has been the first large-scale test of satellite capabilities in peer conflict. GPS jamming, Starlink dependence, reconnaissance satellites, and Russian anti-satellite threats have all featured — and the lessons are reshaping military space doctrine worldwide.
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Military Space
The Space Force is quietly replacing its aging satellite backbone. Here's what's new.
GPS III, Next Gen OPIR missile warning satellites, and the Evolved Strategic SATCOM program are replacing Cold War-era systems that have been showing their age. The upgrades are designed to survive a contested space environment that didn't exist when the original satellites were built.
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Military Space
What the Space Force actually does — and why it matters more than most people realize
The US Space Force is the world's first independent space military branch. Its missions — protecting GPS satellites, tracking debris, watching for missile launches — are largely invisible but underpin nearly every aspect of modern warfare and daily civilian life.
