As of August 2024, there were reportedly more than 700 unidentified objects in the Space-Track catalogue maintained by the 18th Space Defense Squadron. These are not alien spacecraft or mysterious ...

SpaceX will launch 36 Tranche 2 Tracking Layer satellites — 18 built by L3Harris and 18 built by Lockheed Martin — plus eight ...

WASHINGTON — As the U.S. Space Force continues to refine its plan to leverage commercial services, a top general said he expects space domain awareness to be one area where private sector capabilities ...

WASHINGTON — The Space Development Agency selected three companies to build 18 satellites each for its space-based missile warning, tracking and defense constellation. The satellites will make up a ...

Cutting space-tracking efforts risks collisions — and U.S. leadership in commercializing outer space. September 1, 2025 at 7:00 a.m. EDTToday at 7:00 a.m. EDT ...

As it continues to build and field its nascent constellation, the Space Development Agency (SDA) has selected four companies—L3Harris Technologies, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Rocket Lab—to ...

While these megaconstellations promise to bridge the digital gap and stimulate economic growth, they also increase the risks of orbital congestion and collisions. Rising risks of collisions and ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the Space Development Agency's first Tranche 0 satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., April 2. (SpaceX) The Space Development Agency and the Missile ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — It’s not just satellites tracking tropical activity from above – astronauts onboard the International Space Station use their bird’s eye view to aid researchers on the ground.

Tiny bursts of electrical energy caused by collisions of objects no wider than a pencil lead could one day allow pieces of space debris smaller than one millimeter in diameter to be tracked, reducing ...

The Space Science Center conducts tracking, telemetry, and control services through our 21-meter and 12-meter (under construction) satellite tracking systems. The 21-M Space Tracking Antenna at MSU is ...