Composite image of the Andromeda galaxy created from images from the GEOStare2 mission that used a Lawrence Livermore monolith telescope payload on a Terran Orbital smallsat. Credit: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

WASHINGTON — A space imaging payload developed by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory was selected for a U.S. Space Force mission intended to test military capabilities to rapidly deploy satellites in response to threats in orbit, the lab announced May 8.

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Sandra Erwin writes about military space programs, policy, technology and the industry that supports this sector. She has covered the military, the Pentagon, Congress and the defense industry for nearly two decades as editor of NDIA’s National Defense...