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U.S. Air Force

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Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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The Air Force Research Laboratory is opening a $4,000,000 facility focused on spacecraft component testing.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipNov 3, 2020Air Force opens new laboratory to test satellite components

AFRL’s Space Vehicles Directorate plans to host a conference for interested contractors sometime in 2021 at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, subject to the coronavirus situation.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipNov 2, 2020Moon patrols could be a future reality for Space Force

The FACSAT-1 program produced a Colombian 3U satellite that was launched in 2018 and is currently in continued operation by the Colombian Air Force.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralNov 1, 2020The Colombian Air Force’s Second Nanosatellite Mission with GomSpace

Descartes Labs won a $2,200,000 direct award contract through the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Technology Advanced Research (STAR) program.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative FinancialOct 28, 2020Descartes Labs wins contract to enhance US Air Force operations

Guidestar Optical Systems won Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer awards from the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army in 2019 for a series of projects.

Mentioned as: air forceNarrative FinancialOct 28, 2020General Atomics acquires Guidestar Optical Systems

Guidestar Optical Systems received a U.S. Air Force contract to develop the architecture for a free space optical communications planning tool.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceTechnical ProductOct 28, 2020General Atomics acquires Guidestar Optical Systems

Descartes Labs received a Direct to Phase II AFWERX contract in July 2020 to create a single source of truth for the Air Force by fusing together multi-sensor data.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralOct 28, 2020Descartes Labs wins contract to enhance US Air Force operations

The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ocean science satellite is scheduled to launch 2020-11-10, from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralOct 24, 2020SpaceX reaches 100 successful launches with Starlink mission

ABL Space Systems secured $44,500,000 in U.S. Air Force contracts for launch demonstrations and $49,000,000 in private financing.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative FinancialOct 22, 2020ABL Space Systems tests launch vehicle stage

ABL Space Systems expects to ship the first flight version of the RS1 first stage from its El Segundo, California headquarters to Vandenberg Air Force Base by the end of the year for a launch attempt in the first quarter of 2021.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipOct 22, 2020ABL Space Systems tests launch vehicle stage

The Alpha Flight 1 Stage 1 performed a subsequent 15-second final trim test and will ship to Vandenberg Air Force Base launch complex.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipOct 20, 2020Firefly Aerospace Announces New Customer Agreements, Completes Stage 1 Acceptance Testing Ahead of First Alpha Launch

The House Space Force Caucus will serve as the chief advocate for the U.S. Space Force and will work with the Department of the Air Force and the Space Force to provide opportunities for members and staff to learn about the Space Force's role in maintaining American space power.

Mentioned as: Department of the Air ForceOrg RelationshipOct 20, 2020Bipartisan group of lawmakers launches House Space Force Caucus

Blue Origin built a large rocket factory outside the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to manufacture New Glenn boosters and is developing a launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipOct 19, 2020Blue Origin trying to convince the Air Force to continue to invest in New Glenn

The Air Force planned from the beginning to terminate Launch Service Agreements with companies that did not win a launch services contract.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralOct 19, 2020Blue Origin trying to convince the Air Force to continue to invest in New Glenn

On 2020-08-07, the Air Force planned to terminate the Launch Service Agreements with Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman and did not have budget authority to continue funding those agreements.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipOct 19, 2020Blue Origin trying to convince the Air Force to continue to invest in New Glenn

Blue Origin competed for the Air Force launch provider role but lost and the Air Force plans to terminate the $500,000,000 Launch Service Agreement that Blue Origin received in October 2018 to advance development of its New Glenn rocket.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipOct 19, 2020Blue Origin trying to convince the Air Force to continue to invest in New Glenn

HawkEye 360 will provide its on-orbit satellite constellation to collect, store, and transmit shared RF GEOINT to the U.S. Air Force and its mission partners.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceTechnical ProductOct 15, 2020AFWERX Announces HawkEye 360 Among Top Teams Selected to Revolutionize the Space Ecosystem

The Italian Air Force signed a contract with Virgin Galactic in October 2019 for a future dedicated SpaceShipTwo flight that will include three Italian researchers.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative PlanOct 14, 2020NASA selects first human-tended suborbital research payload

NASA stated that the issue with the Crew-1 mission will not delay the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Earth observation satellite launch scheduled for 2020-11-10 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralOct 10, 2020NASA delays commercial crew mission to study Falcon 9 engine issue

The selected airmen from Air Force cyber security career fields have expertise in space programs and could transfer to the Space Force in fiscal year 2021.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralOct 8, 2020More than 1,000 Air Force cyber security operators to transfer to Space Force
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