Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is developing optical space telescopes. In one program, LLNL is working with Firefly Aerospace to send a wide field of view telescope into cislunar space.

SALT LAKE CITY – It’s easy to talk about satellite autonomy but significant work remains to determine exactly which tasks should be handled by machines, according to speakers at the 2025 Small Satellite Conference. Military aircraft have extensive built-in autonomy thanks to decades of experience identifying useful features in combat exercises. U.S. Space Force satellite […]

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...