https://spacewatch.global/tag/lt-col-brian-shimek/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:46:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/lt-col-brian-shimek/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/12/rocket-lab-launches-stp-s30-mission-for-the-u-s-department-of-wars-space-test-program/ Thu, 18 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=69916 Rocket Lab has launched the STP-S30 mission for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command towards advancing technologies that ensure U.S. superiority in space. The ‘Don’t Be Such A Square’ mission lifted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) on Wallops Island, Virginia, today, December 18 to deploy four DiskSat spacecraft to a 550km low Earth orbit for Department of War’s (DoW) Space Test Program (STP). ]]>