True Anomaly CEO: Space war will get "spicier"

Why it matters: That demo, dubbed Victus Haze, is an early sign of what orbital warfare will probably look like, Rogers said.

Yes, but: The industry is changing fast. "We're in the same place that aviation was in the 1930s," Rogers said.

• "Space is going through the same transformation that air went through," he said, adding that we'll probably look back at operations like Victus Haze as "seminal moments."

Threat level: Demos like this one are becoming more urgent, as the Russia-U.S. satellite tango over the weekend shows.

Catch up quick: In Victus Haze, the Space Force tasked Rocket Lab to launch its maneuverable space vehicle, Puma, in 24 hours. Once in orbit, True Anomaly's spacecraft, Jackal, quickly chased it down.

• True Anomaly said it was the first ever space-to-space pursuit as part of a "tactically responsive" Space Force demo.

Inside the room: Rogers said the True Anomaly team worked quickly on the operations floor to jockey Jackal into a position around Rocket Lab's Puma spacecraft.

• "We were making upgrades to the Jackal [software] platform between sorties and during the mission," Rogers said.

What we're watching: Future rapid Space Force demos are on the horizon.

• Another upcoming mission, Victus Sol, will use Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket.