ICYMI:
Coming soon: An announcement on which Army and Navy units will move to the Space Force
By: Valerie Insinna April 21
A U.S. Navy communications satellite lifts off from Space Launch Complex-41. The MUOS 4 satellite was designed to bring new global communications capabilities to mobile military forces. (Courtesy of United Launch Alliance)
WASHINGTON — The Space Force has come to an agreement with the Army and Navy on which units will move over to the new space service, the Space Force’s No. 2 officer said Wednesday.
“In the last several months we have finalized with the Army and the Navy … what we as all of the services agree are the forces that should be transitioned in,” Gen. David Thompson, the vice chief of space operations, said during a panel at the C4ISRNet Conference.
“You can expect details from both services soon,” he added. “The timeline is in work now, and you’ll see later this year — and continuing into the next year — it will be a phased process by which that transition occurs.” ...snip...
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Solar storm to hit earth Sunday.
From the article:
“...It has been categorised as a G1 class storm which can lead to “weak power grid fluctuations” and can have a “minor impact on satellite operations”. ...”