The Orbital Report

SDA leadership details missile warning, tracking, and space domain awareness priorities.

SpaceX's upcoming Starship test will launch first V3-generation Starlink satellites into orbit.

ESA releases 2026 space debris report, updating orbital environment risk and mitigation assessments.

SpaceX readies inaugural operational Starlink V3 satellite deployment, advancing constellation build-out.

Space Force restructures strategy toward 2040 warfighting posture amid orbital threats.

Djibouti joins 71 other nations signing NASA's Artemis Accords for sustainable space exploration governance.

Space Force names new GMTI satellite program for ground surveillance and targeting.

Space Force prepares operational doctrine and training for moving-target orbital missions.

Space Force names GMTI program, taps Northrop Grumman as prime contractor for satellite surveillance.

SpaceX Falcon 9 landing team wins first Neil Armstrong Space Prize for revolutionary reusability technology.

SDA director pushes to preserve key authorities amid congressional elimination proposals.

NASA's LRO detects largest new lunar crater formed in decades; McGetchin impact reshapes surface dynamics.

SDA readies first Northrop Grumman Transport Layer launch for military space architecture.

US Space Force publicly confirms operational space weapons already deployed in orbit.

Starlink hits 99% market deployment; Starship Flight 14 targets first orbit.

SDA targets two more LEO constellation launches this year to accelerate military space domain awareness.

Djibouti joins Artemis Accords as 72nd signatory, expanding African commitment to sustainable space governance.

Space Inventor and Astroscale Japan partner on in-orbit servicing architecture for satellite life extension.

U.S. SDA pushes orbital network deployment back at least 12 months, signaling timeline challenges.

SDA delays orbital mesh network deployment past internal deadline, impacting military resilience goals.