Gen. Stephen Whiting told the Mitchell Institute today that SPACECOM also plans to Apollo Insights table-top exercises (TTXs) with commercial industry once a quarter this year.

The former NASA administrator still has eyes for the moon, but is now focusing on possible future Space Force operations in cislunar space.

Space RCO is already looking to start a follow-on effort to build smaller threat warning sensors for a wider set of Space Force birds.

U.S. Space Command has tasked a team of internal analysts with laying the foundation for a future maneuver warfare strategy that uses advanced, on-orbit mobility to “shatter the enemy’s cohesion,” the command’s top officer said April 13.

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BAE Systems unveiled a new high-thrust, refuelable satellite designed to support dynamic space operations–a demand company officials say is coming not only from the Space Force, but from commercial and civil customers as well.

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The Space Force chose an initial pool of 14 contractors to compete to build a constellation of maneuverable satellites designed to observe and track activity in geosynchronous orbit.

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Guardians in the Space Force’s orbital warfare unit, Mission Delta 9, just got a significant upgrade to their training capabilities in the form of a live satellite, which they’ll use to practice precise, advanced offensive and defensive maneuvers for space warfighting.

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As the Space Force continues to weigh the military utility and economic viability of on-orbit refueling, it’s looking to industry for more details about capabilities that could start servicing satellites by 2030.

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The Otter’s power can keep a satellite fixed at one point on orbit or scoot it elsewhere, offering operators more flexibility.