An artist’s conception shows Gravitics’ Orbital Carrier with payloads ready for deployment. (Gravitics Illustration) The U.S. Space Force has chosen Marysville, Wash.-based Gravitics to build and fly ...

Col. Richard Kniseley, head of the Commercial Space Office (COMSO), speaks April 10 at the Space Symposium. Credit: Thomas Kimmell Photography COLORADO SPRINGS — An executive order issued April 9 by ...

(NewsNation) — A Seattle aerospace startup has been awarded a $60 million contract by the U.S. Space Force to develop a rapid satellite deployment system to launch new satellites into orbit if ...

The U.S. Space Force's X-37B space plane lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket tonight (Aug. 21), carrying a variety of ...

The U.S. Space Force is developing an orbital “aircraft carrier” that could rapidly deploy new spacecraft. The Seattle-based Gravitics was awarded the $60 million contract to create a system that ...

The U.S. Space Force and NRO launch a Northrop Grumman Minotaur IV rocket on April 16. Credit: NRO The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the U.S. Space Force successfully launched multiple ...

What’s better than being able to launch satellites quickly to orbit? Having them there already—or so goes the thinking behind a new $60 million Space Force contract to develop an “orbital carrier.” ...

The unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Thursday’s report, titled “A Broader Look at Dynamic Space Operations: Creating Multi-Dimensional Dilemmas for Adversaries,” ...