The United States Space Force has unveiled an official painting titled “High Ground Intercept,” which depicts a space plane intercepting an adversary satellite. This artwork, commissioned with artist Rick Herter, showcases the Space Operations Command’s (SpOC) futuristic intercept vehicle engaging in orbital warfare. The painting was revealed during a ceremony at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado on Oct. 20, marking SpOC’s first official painting.
The painting showcases a delta-shaped space plane, referred to as a “futuristic intercept vehicle,” as it opens its payload bay doors to engage an adversary satellite that is targeting a friendly spacecraft. The design of the space plane resembles previous U.S. military space planes such as the X-20 Dyna-Soar and the X-37B. However, SpOC clarifies that the depicted spacecraft is fictional.
According to SpOC historian Christopher Rumley, the highly classified nature of space operations led the organization to request a blend of historical space planes and the artist’s imagination. Artist Rick Herter faced challenges in painting a notional space plane due to the limited reference material available. He overcame this by creating a crude model of his space plane design for accurate proportions and angles.
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