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Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004 John McHale	Payload Systems designs satellites that move in formation The bowling ball-sized satellites, called Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, and Reorient Experimental Satellites (SPHERES), comprise a test bed for maneuvering satellites and orbiting telescopes, Payload Systems officials say.
National Defense June 2012 Eric Beidel	Researchers Develop Tow Truck for Space Scientists want to launch a robot into space that would remove functioning parts from retired satellites and transport them to a different orbit for continued use.
National Defense July 2010 Stew Magnuson	Taking Out the Trash: What Can Be Done About Space Debris? What goes up doesn't necessarily come down when it comes to manmade objects orbiting the planet.
Popular Mechanics February 13, 2009 Glenn H. Reynolds	The Law of Space Collisions: International Rule Above the Earth When two satellites collided on Wednesday, the first step was to assess the effect on the International Space Station. Now, the question is who pays for damages in space?
National Defense March 2010 Austin Wright	'Wi-Fi in the Sky' The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is moving forward with a space program that could revolutionize the way satellites are procured and deployed.
National Defense July 2007 Grace Jean	Can the Air Force Build a Satellite in Six Days? Building a small satellite in the future could be as simple as ordering a personal computer today.
Popular Mechanics July 2009 Glenn Harlan Reynolds	Collision Course: The Need for Better Space Junk Regulations Space is getting crowded, and the problem urgently needs attention from all spacefaring nations, lest we find ourselves earthbound under a shroud of orbiting trash.
National Defense June 2015 Stew Magnuson	Air Force to Boost Budget to Prepare for Conflicts in Space A potential conflict on Earth that escalates into space has prompted the Air Force to find an extra $5 billion to spend on offensive and defensive systems to protect national security satellites.
National Defense July 2010 Stew Magnuson	Military Looks to Small Satellites as Costs for Large Spacecraft Grow After some 50 years of launching large, complex, multi-million dollar spacecraft, the military and industry are rethinking the way satellites are built and acquired.
IEEE Spectrum April 2010 Sigrid Close	Shooting Stars Can Shoot Down Satellites We don't know enough about meteoroids
National Defense October 2007 Stew Magnuson	Scientists Pursue Flexible, Adaptable Space Systems In the future, "virtual satellites" circling the globe will peer down on enemy forces.
IEEE Spectrum August 2012 James C. Lyke	U.S. Air Force's Plug-and-Play Satellites Satellite design doesn't have to be rocket science
National Defense June 2009 Stew Magnuson	New Satellites to Keep Watch Over Space-Based Systems Two new satellites may be launched later this year that will help the U.S. defense community better understand what is happening to the multi-million dollar spacecraft it depends on.
National Defense June 2009 Stew Magnuson	Air Force Faces Daunting Task to Determine What's Happening in Space The Air Force needs to monitor to have a complete picture of what is happening to the thousands of orbiting systems that circle the planet.
National Defense July 2014 Yasmin Tadjdeh	New Chinese Threats to U.S. Space Systems Worry Officials If China continues to make strides and develops weapons that reach farther, it could one day threaten key satellites in geosynchronous orbit.
IEEE Spectrum November 2012 Bedrossian et al.	Overclock My Satellite Sophisticated algorithms boost satellite performance on the cheap
National Defense July 2011 Stew Magnuson	Troubled Space-Based Infrared Satellite Program Finally Gets Off the Ground On May 7, the Air Force successfully sent to geosynchronous orbit GEO-1, the first SBIRS satellite. It was a long, tortuous road, lasting some 15 years with a price tag that will come to $10.4 billion.
National Defense April 2010 Sandra I. Erwin	Can DARPA Rescue the Pentagon From Its Acquistion Doldrums? The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency launched a program last year to figure out how to build complex weapons five times faster than before. Now comes word that they also intend to revolutionize the way the military buys communications satellites.
National Defense July 2009 Grace V. Jean	Satellites at the Beck and Call of Ground Troops Military leaders for years have been asking for a capability that would allow ground units to commandeer satellites to obtain imagery of their surroundings.
National Defense January 2011 Stew Magnuson	Out-of-Synch Satellite and Terminal Programs Cost Pentagon Millions It is an example of a longtime problem in the U.S. military: a lack of coordination between those who build and launch satellites, and those who develop the devices that connect the billion-dollar spacecraft with soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines.
IEEE Spectrum August 2011 Mason Peck	Exploring Space with Chip-sized Satellites The future of space exploration will include swarms of tiny spacecraft.
Scientific American July 2005 Mark Alpert	Feeling the Pinch Voyager 1, now speeding out of the solar system after 28 years in space, is one of the NASA missions facing budget cuts, even though the craft is reporting remarkable discoveries.
National Defense June 2012 Stew Magnuson	Adapter Could Help Air Force Get More Out of Its Launches Moog Space and Defense Group is offering an adapter that can be placed aboard Delta 4 or Atlas 5 rockets.
National Defense September 2015 Graham Kilmer	Defense Leaders Make Renewed Push For Operationally Responsive Space The Defense Department is eyeing small satellites and new launch systems as potential ways to maintain U.S. space resilience.
Technology Research News March 12, 2003	Lasers tweeze every which way Researchers from the University of Glasgow in Scotland have found a way to use a pair of laser beams to rotate an object in three dimensions, turning it like a ball rather than a wheel.
Technology Research News February 25, 2004	Scans pick up object orientation Researchers in Spain have improved the process of pattern recognition with a method of mapping three-dimensional objects in a way that records every possible point of view of the object. The method could be used to inspect the orientation and shapes of manufactured goods, and also for face recognition.
National Defense January 2015 Stew Magnuson	Air Force Space Programs on Hold as New Architecture Studied The Air Force is in the throes of conducting several studies that service officials say may lead to a radically new space architecture. Meanwhile, getting space system acquisition right is more important than ever.
National Defense July 2011 Stew Magnuson	Air Force Embraces Small Satellites As Budget Outlook Grows Dim With the federal budget expected to shrink in the coming years, Air Force officials are already looking at ways to maintain the capabilities they must deliver to the armed services.
National Defense June 2015 Vinny Sica	Enabling Satellites to Do More With Less Satellite customers should continue to prioritize a streamlined approach by investing more in ground modernization and reuse of existing capabilities where feasible.
National Defense December 2007 Stew Magnuson	Murky Picture of What's Happening in Space Worries Air Force Officials There is a deterrent value to space situational awareness that doesn't grab the attention it should.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2005 John McHale	The Moon, Mars and beyond... The Space Shuttle program is due to be replaced by the Crew Exploration Vehicle.
National Defense January 2012 Stew Magnuson	Space Command Looks To Fill Communication Gaps as Budgets Tighten "Doing more without more," -- the mantra coming from the office of the secretary of defense -- is a challenge for the Air Force as it tries to keep pace with growing demands for its satellite communications.
Popular Mechanics July 2007 Carl Hoffman	China's Space Threat: How Missiles Could Target U.S. Satellites The Chinese have successfully destroyed an old weather satellite in space, prompting other countries to respond.
National Defense June 2015 Stew Magnuson	Air Force Works on Vision of Affordable Space The words "affordable" and "national security space" systems are not often paired together.
AskMen.com	Water On The Moon NASA says a spacecraft that was intentionally crashed into the moon has turned up the best evidence yet of water.
IEEE Spectrum April 2006 James Oberg	Stellar Engineer For nearly 40 years, manned spacecraft have relied on Russian engineer Vladimir Syromyatnikov's mechanisms to link up in space safely.
National Defense February 2016 Stew Magnuson	New Generation of Commercial Satellites to Benefit Military Commercial satellite communications providers are in the process of launching a new generation of high-capacity spacecraft that will be a boon for their military customers.
National Defense January 2010 Stew Magnuson	Israel Pushes New Satellite as Solution to U.S. Space Radar Needs Israel Aerospace Industries has joined with Northrop Grumman in hopes that they can sell time on a radar imaging satellite to U.S. government agencies.
National Defense July 2010 Stew Magnuson	Space Command Ponders Role in Irregular Warfare Military communications, reconnaissance and GPS satellites provide services to deployed forces every day, but the organization wants to know what more it can do to participate in the irregular warfare that ground forces are currently engaged in.
Popular Mechanics February 14, 2008 Joe Pappalardo	Satellite Shot Offers Navy Key Space Defense Trial: How It Works The Pentagon today announced that a Navy warship has been tasked with shooting down a failing United States spy satellite that, if left alone, was expected to hit Earth within weeks.
IEEE Spectrum April 2012 Gregory L. Matloff	Deflecting Asteroids A solar sail could use light to nudge an earthbound rock into an orbit we could live with
Wired February 2006 Patrick Radden Keefe	I Spy Amateur satellite spotters can track everything government spymasters blast into orbit. Except the stealth bird codenamed Misty.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2008	CCD imaging sensors from e2v equip unmanned spacecraft headed for International Space Station Eads Sodern spacecraft engineers in France, needed image sensors for the European Space Agency's Jules Verne automated transfer vehicle spacecraft destined for the international space station.
National Defense July 2007 Stew Magnuson	Pentagon Pushes for Smaller Satellites, Faster Launches The Roadrunner satellite helps break down barriers impeding the flow of information between commanders on the ground and spacecraft, and quickly replaces assets damaged in orbit.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2008	CCD Imaging Sensors From e2v Equip Unmanned Spacecraft Headed for International Space Station The sensors will help determine the spacecrafts orientation and aid in docking.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2007	Orbital Express system employs AiTech Defense Systems' computers, PCI boards Representatives of Aitech Defense Systems reported that the company's computers and PCI boards are at work aboard the Orbital Express system, supporting an on-orbit demonstration led by the DARPA.
The Motley Fool July 21, 2005 Rich Smith	Dueling Fools: Sirius Bear When you're managing a public company, it's not just prudent to insure your business assets. It's your fiduciary duty to protect your shareholders' investment by insuring the three satellites on which your business depends.