By Andrew Jones, Published by space.com, 11 September 2023 The new satellite adds to China’s Yaogan reconnaissance constellations. China launched a new classified satellite on Sunday (Sept. 10), continuing the country’s recent rapid launch rate. A Long March 6A rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern
By Jesse William McGraw, Published by cybernews, 11 September 2023 The GhostSec hacktivist collective takes aim at big targets like satellites, train infrastructure, and industrial control systems. Hackers say they don’t fear repercussions because fighting for freedom is simply worth it. Since the start of the cyber age, hackers have
By Trevor Sesnic, Published by NASA Spaceflight, 11 September 2023 SpaceX is set to launch two back-to-back Starlink missions this week. The first mission, Starlink Group 7-2, will launch 21 satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex (SLC) 4 East at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The
UK Space Agency chief executive Paul Bate in Shetland at the weekend. Photo: Hans J Marter/Shetland News By Hans J Marter, Published by Shetland News, 11 September 2023 THE CHIEF executive of the UK Space Agency has expressed his confidence that SaxaVord could well be the UK spaceport that hosts
Press Release, #8-23National Reconnaissance Office , 10 September 2023 CHANTILLY, Va. -- The National Reconnaissance Office, in partnership with U.S. Space Force's (USSF) Space Systems Command, Space Launch Delta 45, and United Launch Alliance, successfully launched the SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
From Reuters, Published by ABC, 9 September 2023 Elon Musk says he refused a Ukrainian request to activate his Starlink satellite network in Crimea's port city of Sevastopol to aid an attack on Russia's fleet there, saying he feared complicity in a "major" act of war. The billionaire businessman made
Artistic concept of asteroid 16 Psyche. Credit: Maxar/ASU/P.Rubin/NASA/JPL-Caltech. By Zeus Valtierra, Published by Meteored, 9 September 2023 Psyche was discovered by the Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis on March 17, 1852. He named the asteroid in honor of Psyche, the Greek goddess of the soul who was born mortal and
By Bett Tingley, Published by space.com, 9 September 2023 The United States Space Force has a new mission statement. Space Force unveiled the new statement this week, outlining the service's mission in just nine brief words: "Secure our Nation's interests in, from, and to space." In a statement, the service's
