https://spacewatch.global/tag/space-force/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 06 May 2026 08:34:21 +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/space-force/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/05/4s-symposium-2026-gp-sandhoo-sda-acting-director-on-defense-speed-and-allied-cooperation/ Wed, 06 May 2026 08:35:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73656 Space is no longer a safe layer behind operations. It is part of the battlefield.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/04/space-symposium-2026-wherever-american-interest-goes-space-force-will-be-there/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73093 At Space Symposium 2026, Laura Todd and Torsten Kriening wrapped up an intense second day marked by candid discussions and shifting narratives across the space sector.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/04/spacewatchgl-analysis-good-morning-europe-this-is-your-wake-up-call/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=72933
Written by K.P. Ludwig
Europe faces a narrowing window to achieve space security autonomy. As the US pivots toward missile defence and lunar competition, this analysis outlines the risks, dependencies, and urgent choices ahead.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/06/spacewatchgl-geopolitics-u-s-space-force-budget-total-congressional-warfare/ Wed, 26 Jun 2024 08:00:46 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55802 In early June 2024, the Center for Space Policy and Strategy (CSPS) released an analysis titled: “Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Defense Space Budget: Continued Emphasis on Proliferation Under a More Constrained Top-Line.” With a large number of orbital space military assets, if some assets get incapacitated, there is still enough left to operate and defend. Commercial providers can launch emergency replacement assets even faster. Question: is such a “resilience” policy sufficient to guarantee orbital space defense, strong and sustainable enough to deter adversaries? Let’s find out.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/04/spacewatchgl-geopolitics-irregular-space-warfare-you-are-part-of-the-kill-chain/ Wed, 03 Apr 2024 08:00:42 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=54431 On 12 March 2024, the Prague Security Studies Institute hosted a public online guest lecture with Dr. John Klein, Senior Fellow and Strategist at the Falcon Research, Inc. on the topic of “Space and Irregular Warfare”. In Part 1, we will review the key concepts that underwrite the theory and practice of irregular warfare in space.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/10/space-development-agency-awards-agreement-to-spideroak/ Wed, 18 Oct 2023 06:00:29 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=51792 The Space Development Agency announced on the 17th of October that they awarded SpiderOak, US-based software company focused on satellite cybersecurity, an Other Transactional Authority agreement.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/08/spacewatchgl-summer-reading-the-wonders-of-micro-g-medicine-2/ Fri, 04 Aug 2023 08:00:53 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=50158 The moment the decommissioned ISS burns through re-entry and plunges into the Pacific Ocean will be heart-breaking. Granted, we will still have the Chinese Tiangong space station as a symbol of governmental and entrepreneurial prowess. But once the (American) private sector is solely in charge of orbital space stations other than Chinese ones, albeit with some friends and allies governments support as anchor customers, what will happen with global micro-G accessibility?]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/07/space-force-selects-vendors-for-leo-satellite-services/ Wed, 26 Jul 2023 06:00:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=50210 The US Space Force announced on the 24th of July that it has selected 16 companies that will compete for low Earth orbit satellite service contracts. The vendors will compete for up to $900 million worth of task orders over the next five years under an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract. Each contractor has been guaranteed $2,000. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/01/spacewatchgl-opinion-do-space-forces-really-contravene-international-space-law/ Fri, 13 Jan 2023 09:00:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=45943 https://spacewatch.global/2022/10/picknik-robotics-wins-space-force-contract-for-on-orbit-capture/ Wed, 26 Oct 2022 06:00:32 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=44254 PickNik Robotics, a robotics software and engineering service company, has won a SpaceWERX contract to work on robotics for the US Space Force. The company recently won a NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract for continued work on supervised autonomy for space robotics, as well as a Colorado Advanced Industries Accelerator (AIA) grant for space robotics]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/04/usspacecom-and-ukspacecom-sign-space-cooperation-agreement/ Thu, 07 Apr 2022 06:00:37 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=40305 U.S. Space Command and the United Kingdom Space Command signed a Memorandum of Understanding concerning Enhanced Space Cooperation (ESC MoU). The agreement was signed at the 37th Space Symposium by U.S. Army Gen. James Dickinson, USSPACECOM Commander, and Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Paul Godfrey, Commander of UKSpaceCom.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/03/australia-announces-space-command-defence-agency/ Thu, 24 Mar 2022 07:00:53 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=40050 Australia announced the establishment of the Defence Space Command, a space defence agency to secure the country's place in the cosmos. The Space Command is designed to counter the US, Russia and China’s ability to destroy a satellite in space. The agency will also aim to increase the national understanding of space threats.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/03/rocket-body-collides-with-the-moon/ Mon, 07 Mar 2022 07:00:52 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=39690 A rogue 3-ton rocket stage crashed into the far side of the Moon after spending seven years in space. The collision was out of view for ground-based telescopes and NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter was not in position to record the event either. Scientific American suggests that the impact crater will be near the naturally formed 570 km wide Hertzsprung Crater. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/07/space-cafe-webtalk-with-niklas-niennas-recap-liberte-science-democratie-the-eus-new-space-prerogatives/ Fri, 02 Jul 2021 08:00:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=34135 During this week’s Space Café, SpaceWatch.Global publisher, Torsten Kriening spoke with a Member of the European Parliament and member of the German Alliance 90/The Greens party, Niklas Niennas, about Europe’s role and response to the space race 2.0.]]>