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General B. Chance Saltzman

General B. Chance Saltzman

Chief of Space Operations, U.S. Space Force

Appears in 2 stories

Notable Quotes

Saltzman has argued that resilience in orbit now comes from numbers, not from a handful of large satellites.

China's anti-satellite weapons are a 'compounding problem we have to figure out' as their capabilities expand across multiple orbital regimes.

Stories

SpaceX builds out a U.S. defense satellite constellation

Built World

Overseeing military satellite buildout

On June 7, a Falcon 9 rose from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California carrying 23 satellites. Two were Starshield, the military version of Starlink. SpaceX said so out loud, which it rarely does.

Updated Jun 7

The Space Force infrastructure race

New Capabilities

Leading Space Force transformation since 2022

The Space Force just started ripping out 1970s-era network equipment at 14 bases nationwide, racing to install zero-trust cybersecurity before adversaries can blind America's satellites. CACI won the $212 million job (77% below the government's estimate) to upgrade both classified and unclassified networks as cyber incidents targeting space systems surged 118% in 2025. It's the biggest bet yet that software-defined networks can stop what's coming.

Updated May 19