Space Force picks two companies to build new ‘space-to-space’ satellites by 2028

KYIV, Ukraine — The Space Force and the Pentagon have commissioned two companies to build new reconnaissance satellites capable of delivering high-resolution “space-to-space imagery” of objects more than 22,000 miles above Earth. Space Systems Command awarded the prototype contracts to Northrop Grumman and True Anomaly under the Geosynchronous High-Resolution Optical Space-Based Tactical Reconnaissance program, or GHOST-R, on Sept. 18. The deal pairs a veteran American defense prime with a four-year-old space tech company – both of which are already under contract with the Space Force to…