We break down how US government spy satellites compare to modern commercial imaging satellites, from resolution and orbit to ...

Recent revelations indicate that US spy satellites, manufactured by SpaceX, are transmitting signals in an unexpected direction. This raises serious questions about their operational effectiveness and ...

A highly classified U.S. government satellite appears to have been totally lost after being taken into space by a recent launch from Elon Musk's SpaceX, according to a new report. Dow Jones reported ...

A Northrop Grumman Minotaur IV rocket launched the NROL-174 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. It was the first launch of a Minotaur IV from the site since 2011, the NRO said via ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The Air Force has launched a rocket from Cape Canaveral carrying a top-secret satellite for the United States. The unmanned Atlas V rocket rose from its seaside Florida pad ...

The high signal-to-noise ratio is a dead giveaway. You wouldn't get that from an accidentally scattered transmission, it requires a high-gain antenna pointed in the right direction, i.e., towards the ...

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has gained approval to launch secretive U.S. spy satellites into orbit, which will give the space launch firm an advantage in the gaining contracts for the Space Force.

The U.S. Space Force is close to wielding new weapons designed to jam Chinese and Russian satellites in orbit, according to new Space Force data published by Bloomberg this week. The new weapons, ...