https://spacewatch.global/tag/us-department-of-defence/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:27:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/us-department-of-defence/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2024/04/spacewatchgl-irregular-space-warfare-you-are-part-of-the-kill-chain-part-2/ Wed, 10 Apr 2024 08:00:51 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=54449 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 2, we will review some burning questions covered in the lecture Q&A and how Dr. Klein comprehensively answered them, going the extra mile to provide advice for practical implementation.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/05/first-astranis-satellite-successfully-deployed-to-geo/ Fri, 26 May 2023 06:00:53 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=49028 The Astranis satellite has completed the orbital manoeuvres necessary to arrive in its orbital slot in Geostationary Orbit (GEO). The Astranis satellite was launched a few weeks ago onboard the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The satellite, Arcturus, is set to provide high-speed bandwidth to Alaska for our customer Pacific Dataport. Alongside successfully achieving its orbital slot, Astranis has completed a end-to-end test connecting a gateway in Utah with multiple user terminals in Alaska for the first time.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/10/us-space-command-plans-to-transfer-space-object-tracking-to-department-of-commerce/ Mon, 24 Oct 2022 06:00:12 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=44201 The US Space Command (Spacecom) tracks over 47,000 objects in space currently, which responsibility is planned to be transferred to the Department of Commerce, the US Department of Defence said. The transfer of responsibility will allow Spacecom to focus on what is happening in Earth’s orbits.]]>