Sign In
Search
Space

U.S. Space Force Facing Increased Risk of Launch Problems, DoD IG Says

Frank Wolfe Frank Wolfe
SHARE:
U.S. Space Force Facing Increased Risk of Launch Problems, DoD IG Says
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a GPS III-5 satellite into orbit launches from LC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. on June 17 last year. U.S. Space Force heralds the GPS III satellites as having signals three times more accurate than the current generation of satellites and eight times the jamming resistance (U.S. Space Force Photo)

The U.S. Space Force is facing an increased risk of launch problems at its eastern range at Patrick Space Force Base, Fla., and the western range at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., as the service expects to more than double its launches from 49 last year to 157 in 2027, the Pentagon Inspector General said in a newly released audit. The latter examined launches between January 2018 and March last year. "While the Space Force maintained launch range items and…

Subscriber-only content. Please log in below.

Not a subscriber or registered user yet?

Please contact us at clientservices@accessintel.com or call us at 888-707-5814 (Monday – Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and Friday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET.), to start a free trial, get pricing information, order a reprint, or post an article link on your website.

Recommended

Air Force

FAMM More Than Two-Thirds Of Munitions Buy In Air Force FYDP

Air Force

USAF Establishes EPAWSS “Speedline” At Warner Robins To Accelerate System Fielding

Air Force

Boeing, USAF Conduct Preliminary Design Review of LAM Pylon for B-1B, Company Says

Air Force

NRO Nominee: “We Have To Look Differently At Our Requirements”

Trending

Elbit America Teams With Anduril On Offering For Army’s Future Howitzer Competition
DroneShield Awarded $13.8 Million By JIATF-401 For Anti-Drone Systems On Southern Border
Low Radar Cross Section Of MQ-28 Ghost Bat Validated, Boeing Says
Northrop Grumman Targets Next Year For On-Orbit SBI “Capability”
Defense Watch: Golden Dome Munitions, Collaborative Autonomy, New Glenn News, P-8 News

Congress Updates

Congress

House Authorizers Retain Battleship Funding, But Want Nuclear-Power Report

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) Thursday markup of the FY 2027 defense authorization bill rejected an amendment to cut funding for the new Trump-class battleship (BBG(X)), but did agree […]

Congress

HASC Rejects $150 Billion Topline Cut, Iran Cost Transparency Proposals At NDAA Markup

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) on Thursday rejected a Democrat-led proposal to cut the $1.15 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by $150 billion, as the […]

Air Force

HASC Wants Pentagon List Of Critical F-35 Technical Data Rights And Estimate Of Cost To Buy Them For Repairs

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants the Pentagon to inform the committee of critical technical data rights for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter and how much it would […]

Space

NRO Nominee: “We Have To Look Differently At Our Requirements”

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has said that it has launched more than 200 proliferated low Earth orbit satellites in the last two years to supplement the costly high-end systems […]

The Force Multipliers

Force Multipliers

Michael DiOrio – Dataminr

Force Multipliers

Arne Brinck – Dark Wolf Solutions

Force Multipliers

Jags Kandasamy – Latent AI

Force Multipliers

Force Multipliers – Krista McKendree

Job Feed

Post a Job // Post a Resume