Military Space
Military space news from Cosmic Herald — Space Force, satellite warfare, GPS, missile warning, and the growing role of space in national defense.
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Military Space
Schiess Confirmed as Third Chief of Space Operations as Saltzman Prepares to Hand Over Command
The Senate confirmed Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess as the Space Force's third Chief of Space Operations, with a Sept. 3 ceremony at Joint Base Andrews set to formally end Gen. Chance Saltzman's nearly four-year tenure.
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Gravitics' 'Orbital Carrier' Gets Its First Golden Dome Hardware Order, Care of Lockheed Martin
Seattle startup Gravitics has landed a Lockheed Martin subcontract to build three flight-ready Orbital Carriers for the Pentagon's Golden Dome missile-defense architecture, with demos slated for 2027-2028.
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Military Space
Trump Signs Order to Create a U.S. Space Academy
A new executive order tasks a NASA-chaired commission with designing, in just 120 days, a federal academy meant to train engineers, operators, and future Space Force Guardians.
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Military Space
Golden Dome's First Big Tests Checked the Software, Not the Missiles
Pentagon officials reveal that Golden Dome's first large-scale test, held in June at White Sands, validated command-and-control software rather than interceptors — with outside industry watching.
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Military Space
Space Force Honor Guard Debuts Its First Original Ceremonial Uniform
Seven years after standing up, the Space Force Honor Guard has traded its borrowed Air Force dress for a uniform of its own, unveiled publicly at the Freedom 250 Grand Prix in Washington, D.C.
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Military Space
Space Force Stands Up Its First Squadron Built to Both Listen and Jam
The newly activated 1st Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron pairs a decades-old signal-detection system with a brand-new mobile jammer, staffed largely by Air National Guard veterans who transferred into the Space Force last fall.
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Space Force and Japan Complete Bilateral Space-Watch Program With QZS-7 Launch
The U.S. Space Force and Japan finished a two-satellite space-surveillance partnership as QZS-7 lifted off August 10 carrying a second American sensor that now watches geosynchronous orbit over the Indo-Pacific.
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Military Space
Space Force Spreads $60 Million Across Five Companies to Keep Its New Satellite Network From Having a Single Point of Failure
Amazon, Lockheed, Northrop, Rocket Lab, and York each pocket roughly $12M to prove their satellites can talk to a backbone SpaceX is building — and to each other.
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Guetlein Opens Golden Dome's Doors to Startups With a New 'Ecosystem Hub' — As Funding Runs Toward a Cliff
At the Huntsville missile-defense symposium, Golden Dome's director unveiled a website for startups to pitch concepts directly — even as he and Space Command's outgoing chief warned the $185 billion program could stall for lack of funding by October.
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Military Space
All 12 Golden Dome Interceptor Contractors Clear First Design Milestone — But a Funding Cliff Looms
SpaceX, Northrop Grumman, and ten other contenders have passed Gate 1 of the Pentagon's space-based interceptor competition, but officials warn the $185 billion Golden Dome missile shield could stall as soon as October without new funding.
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Military Space
Vulcan Launches First National Security Mission, Carrying Navigation Satellite Meant to Backstop GPS
ULA's Vulcan rocket flew its debut national-security mission on August 12, 2026, delivering the Air Force's experimental NTS-3 satellite toward geosynchronous orbit to test jam-resistant GPS backup technology.
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Golden Dome Gets Real Deadlines: Interceptor Ground Tests by Year-End, Orbital Flight Demos in 2027
The Pentagon has put firm dates on Golden Dome's hardest problem: space-based interceptor ground tests by end of 2026, two orbital flight tests in 2027, and an intercept demo in 2029 — with up to $3.2 billion spread across 12 companies and Gen. Michael Guetlein holding the program to a falsifiable clock.
