US Military Conducts First Live-Fly Orbital “Dogfighting” Exercise Written 11 September 2026
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Artist concept of satellite in orbit above the earth. | Credit: NASA
Aerospace Global News reports U.S. Space Command has completed its inaugural Apollo Maneuvers 2026 exercise, testing dynamic satellite maneuvering and on-orbit logistics across low Earth, medium Earth, and geosynchronous orbits. The exercise brought concepts “more commonly associated with aerial combat” into the increasingly contested space domain, with spacecraft conducting coordinated maneuvers across multiple orbital regimes.
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