DARPA, the U.S. military’s advanced research agency, is funding space laser projects amid simmering concerns that America’s strategic adversaries are already developing this satellite ...

SpaceX satellites built for the US Space Development Agency demonstrated direct satellite to satellite laser communications in space using optical terminals compliant with military standards.. U.S.

WASHINGTON — U.S. military satellites manufactured by York Space Systems and SpaceX successfully demonstrated cross-vendor laser communications link in low Earth orbit, marking a milestone for ...

AST recently used its massive BlueBird satellites to beam communications to a Tactical Assault Kit on the ground in Hawaii to ...

DARPA is developing a system called Space-BACN that will help satellites communicate with each other via fast, secure laser links. (Screenshot via YouTube/DARPA) ...

The military space community is in the midst of a profound transformation. Virtually every facet of space operations is being rethought, with an eye to making U.S. satellite constellations and ...

The American satellite was tracked making two close passes to China's TJS-16 and TJS-17 satellites on April 26 and 29, with a distance of 10.5 miles and 7.4 miles, respectively.

A military base deep in Western China is unusually active when foreign satellites are overhead—a sign that Beijing could be using laser weapons to electronically probe them. The Korla East Test ...

Astroscale U.S. is working to make satellites last longer in space. Its first client? The U.S. military. At the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, the Denver-based company gave a preview on ...

A Mysterious Object Released into Space. On March 18, 2025, anew object was detected in orbit, seemingly released by Kosmos 2581.The U.S. military was the first to identify this object, which has ...

Company to launch further satellites with optical inter-satellite link tech on Transporter-13 Rideshare Mission. Spire’s LEMUR bus is a configurable modular satellite system. Spire Global , a ...

U.S. wants to refuel military satellites in space. This Denver company will help them do it Astroscale is set to launch a refueling satellite next year for a historic mission in geospatial orbit ...