“PIVOT!” says Relativity Space.

Relativity Space pivots from Terran 1 to focus on Terran R medium/heavy lift vehicles. US Space Force eyes direct tasking of commercial satellites for faster imagery acquisition. General Atomics demonstrates first-ever combat drone controlled via LEO satellite communications. Microsoft and Viasat collaborate to provide Viasat's Real-Time Earth ground service via Microsoft Azure Orbital marketplace. Kepler Communications raises $92 million for a constellation of 140 optical data relay satellites. Slingshot Aerospace to add 80 ground-based optical telescopes to improve space situational awareness in LEO. All this and more.

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Article referenced: Space Force Is an ‘Equal Partner’ in CENTCOM, Commander Says | A&SF Magazine 

Selected Reading

Relativity Space is moving on from the Terran 1 rocket to something much bigger | Ars Technica 

Delivering Data: What customers get wrong about the ground segment | SpaceNews 

Amid commercial boom, U.S. military lacks timely access to satellite imagery | SpaceNews 

NASA's Moon Spacesuits Are Brain-Meltingly Expensive | Futurism 

GA-ASI flies MQ-20 Avenger autonomously using LEO SATCOM datalink | SatNews

Viasat real-time Earth antennas integrated on Microsoft Azure Orbital | SatNews

Kepler Communications raises $92 million for optical data relay network | SpaceNews

Slingshot’s space-tracking network to extend coverage of low Earth orbit | SpaceNews

General Atomics Completes Commissioning Of Space Environmental Testing Chambers | General Atomics 

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