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US Space Force’s New Orbital Carrier Has China Seeing Red


Move over, USS Gerald R. Ford—there’s a brand-new floating warship in town, and it’s got no deck, no crew bunks, and a distinctly zero-gravity vibe. 

The U.S. Space Force has tapped Seattle’s own Gravitics to build the Orbital Carrier, a pre-positioned satellite launch pad orbiting some 250 miles above our heads. 

Funded to the tune of up to $60 million by the SpaceWERX office, this shiny new space-base aims to deploy swarms of replacement satellites “on demand,” like cosmic pizza delivery for America’s spy-ship fleet.

If you’re picturing Tom Cruise dangling from a catapult, you’re half right. The Orbital Carrier is essentially the aircraft carrier of the cosmos—except instead of F/A-18s, it launches maneuverable space vehicles programmed to plug gaps in U.S. orbital coverage. 

Gravitics CEO Colin Doughan calls it a “game-changer,” noting that it “bypasses traditional launch constraints” so commanders can pick a parking orbit faster than you can say “launch window.” 

No more waiting months on rocket manifests—just dial up a fresh spy-sat and boom: you’ve got eyes on adversaries again.

But every action has an equal and opposite reaction. 

In Beijing, rumors swirl that China’s engineers are furiously dusting off anti-satellite lasers and polishing their space-dogfighting maneuvers. 

After all, if Uncle Sam can stash shipyards in the void, why shouldn’t everyone else upgrade their orbital fireworks? 

Already, the Space Force has been practicing “live-fire” jamming exercises and simulated on-orbit skirmishes—think Top Gun, but everyone’s floating.


It’s not all zero-sum paranoia, though. 

The SpaceWERX program boasts that from an order to orbit can take as little as five months, and in one legendary 2023 test, Firefly Aerospace rocketed a payload into space within 27 hours—roughly the time it takes to binge half a Netflix season. 

With the Orbital Carrier online, that turnaround could shrink to a few days, ensuring America’s orbital toolbox is never out of reach.

Critics ask: isn’t this a recipe for an arms race in the heavens? 

Supporters counter that the best defense is a rapid-replacement offense—if an adversary dazzles your optical satellite with lasers, you simply launch a backup to block the glare. It’s like carrying a spares kit of windshield wipers for when your spy-eye gets steamed up.

No matter which way the cosmos tilts, one thing’s for sure: the Space Force is dreaming bigger than ever. 

So next time you gaze up at the stars, just remember—some of that twinkling might be America’s very own floating Navy, ready to orbit ’em all.

 China's "Kill Mesh" Has the US Space Force Scrambling!

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