Space Force to refine ‘orbital warfare’ maneuvers with new prototype

The new satellite is akin to going from flying a commercial plane to a military aircraft, the head of Combat Forces Command said.
New Atlas

NASA will test SpinLaunch's ability to fling satellites into orbit

NASA has signed up to test SpinLaunch's extraordinary whirl 'n' hurl space launch technology, which accelerates a launch vehicle to hypersonic speeds using an electric centrifuge instead of a rocket, ...
NextBigFuture

Orbital Kinetic Bombardment gets close to nuclear on damage and cost

As of 2017, the US has an estimated 4,018 nuclear weapons in either deployment or storage. The US plans to spend $1.2 trillion to modernize the nuclear arsenal over the next 30 years. Two-thirds of ...
New Atlas

SpinLaunch's rocket-free kinetic launch system conducts first test flight

For more than half a century we've been sending vehicles and humans into space with the help of rockets, but what if there was another way? Startup SpinLaunch has been exploring such possibilities ...
NextBigFuture

Slow Down to Speed Up in Orbital Mechanics

Orbital mechanics can be a bit counter-intuitive. We have to slow down an orbiting space craft to convert kinetic energy for gravitational energy. The orbital altitude is raised at its highest point ...
Business Wire

Orbital ATK Begins Production of Next Generation 120mm Tank Ammunition

DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orbital ATK, Inc. (NYSE: OA), a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, announced today that the M829E4 Advanced Kinetic Energy 120mm tactical tank cartridge ...
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NASA’s DART spacecraft successfully redirects asteroid’s orbit around the sun

In a pioneering achievement for planetary defense, NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission has proven its ...