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Quantum alternative to GPS navigation will be tested on US military spaceplane

A US military spaceplane, the X-37B orbital test vehicle, is due to embark on its eighth flight into space on August 21, 2025 ...

First Space Force-sanctioned flight blasts off

The United Launch Alliance launched a Vulcan rocket Tuesday night from Florida as part of the first U.S. Space ...

After first operational launch, here’s the next big test for ULA’s Vulcan rocket

In the near term, ULA will switch back to launching its soon-to-retire Atlas V rocket, the Vulcan rocket's predecessor. The ...
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SpaceOps: First U.S. Navigation Test Satellite Since 1977 Is On Orbit

Vulcan launched the Space Force’s USSF-106 mission on Aug. 12 at 8:56 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, and spacecraft separation occurred approximately 7 hr. after liftoff, the service’s ...

Space Force's Next Spaceplane Mission Will Test Navigation Without GPS Using Quantum Sensors

With competition for presence in and around the Moon heating up between the U.S. and China, this kind of system could be a critical capability.

Space Force schedules the next mission for its secret robot plane

It’s unclear how long OTV-8 will last, but if past missions are any indication, the unpiloted plane will remain above the ...

Space Force’s secretive X-37B space plane is heading back to orbit

Space Force is sending the X-37B up once again, this time to test laser communications and a “quantum inertial sensor.” ...