#satellites

The Space Development Agency and Defense Innovation Unit awarded contracts to Firefly Aerospace, Katalyst Space, and D-Orbit to advance commercial deorbiting capabilities. The managed services model aims to clear space debris and ensure mission assurance as military low-Earth orbit constellations rapidly expand.

NASA’s tracking of the annual Perseid meteor shower highlights critical space situational awareness requirements, as hypervelocity celestial debris poses direct kinetic risk to national security satellite constellations and introduces transient sensor clutter across missile defense architectures.