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A white rocket with side boosters lifts off from a seaside launch pad

Atlas V rocket launches the Space Force's Silent Barker 'watchdog' satellites in dazzling morning liftoff (video)

By Brett Tingley last updated

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launched the multi-payload Silent Barker mission for the Space Force and the National Reconnaissance Office Sunday, Sept. 10.

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The emblem of the United States Space Force.

The US Space Force has a new mission statement to secure everything 'in, from and to space'

By Brett Tingley published

The United States Space Force has unveiled a concise new mission statement after the service's top officer criticized the previous statement as 'long and cumbersome.'

Space Exploration
a white rocket is rolled toward a launch pad with greenery along the sides and the ocean in the background.

Atlas V rocket rolled to pad for 2nd time for 'Silent Barker' spysat launch (photos)

By Mike Wall published

United Launch Alliance has rolled out an Atlas V rocket ahead of a planned spysat launch on Saturday (Sept. 9). It was the second rollout for this particular mission.

Launches & Spacecraft
a large missile launcher on the back of a military truck

US military scrubs hypersonic missile test launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

By Brett Tingley published

A suspected test launch of a new hypersonic missile system from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station was cancelled on Wednesday (Sept. 6).

Launches & Spacecraft
a rocket launches at night

US test launches unarmed ballistic missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base

By Brett Tingley published

The United States Space and Air Forces launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile 4,200 miles (6,760 km) on Sept. 6 from Vandenberg Space Force in California.

Launches & Spacecraft
A white and black SpaceX rocket launches on the Tranche 0 mission for Space Force

SpaceX launches 13 satellites for US Space Force, lands rocket  —  and ties its own record (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

SpaceX launched an advanced new set of military satellites into orbit for the U.S. Space Force on Sept. 2 and tied its own launch rate record.

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a seal on a marble floor that reads "Central Intelligence Agency"

The CIA knows a lot about other nations' space programs. You can too with its new 'World Factbook' update

By Brett Tingley published

The United States Central Intelligence Agency, better known as the CIA, has released a new entry in its World Factbook that catalogues the programs and milestones of space agencies around the world.

Missions
a brown and white rocket rolls toward its launch pad with a blue sky in the background

Atlas V rocket rolled to pad for 'Silent Barker' spysat launch (photos)

By Mike Wall published

United Launch Alliance rolled its Atlas V rocket to the launch pad today (Aug. 25), ahead of the planned Aug. 29 liftoff of the 'Silent Barker' reconnaissance mission.

Launches & Spacecraft
a satellite photo of a plane crash site surrounding by grassy fields and trees, with 20 or so vehicles nearby.

Wreckage of Russian warlord's plane spotted from space (satellite photo)

By Mike Wall published

A satellite has spotted the wreckage of the plane that went down in northwestern Russia on Aug. 23, apparently with Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin on board.

Satellites
a white rocket launches with forested hills and blue sky in the background.

0 for 2: North Korea suffers 2nd satellite launch failure this year

By Brett Tingley published

North Korea's second attempt to launch a spy satellite this year ended in failure, after the rocket carrying the satellite encountered a stage-separation issue on Aug. 23.

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