by Patrick Londergan | Jan 27, 2023 | News, Space
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) – The Department of the Air Force’s Navigation Technology Satellite-3, or NTS-3, Vanguard program has reached another major milestone in preparation for the satellite’s launch in late 2023. Industry partner L3Harris...
by Patrick Londergan | Jan 9, 2023 | Fellows, Success Stories
The Air Force Research Laboratory honored 17 scientists and engineers Oct. 25, 2021 for outstanding career accomplishments during the laboratory’s 2021 virtual Fellows and Science and Engineering Early Career Awards ceremony. This year’s celebration marked the second...
by Patrick Londergan | Nov 14, 2022 | News, Space
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a $72 million contract to Advanced Space LLC to demonstrate space situational awareness, object detection and tracking in the region of the Moon, supporting a resurgence of interest in...
by AFRL PA | Jul 6, 2022 | News, Space
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) — The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate spaceflight experiment Recurve was launched July 2, 2022, from the Mojave Air and Space Port on the Virgin Orbit space system in California. The launch supported...
by AFRL PA | Mar 1, 2022 | Integrated Capabilities, Success Stories
SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS MISSIONS BEYOND GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBIT (GEO) WHAT IS THE ORACLE FAMILY OF SYSTEMS? The Oracle Family of Systems is comprised of two Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, programs designed to develop cislunar space situational awareness, or...
