By Kyle Mizokami, Published by Popular Mechanics, 1 December 2022 Through a series of enhancements, the stealthy (but controversial) Zumwalts will get a new lease on life. The U.S. Navy is eyeing a series of upgrades for its Zumwalt-class destroyers. While the upgrades would be mostly under the hood, they
By Andrew Greene, Published by ABC News, 1 December 2022 Visiting senior US military officers believe Australia is a "pot of gold at the end of the rainbow", as they eye off this continent's "prime" geography for future space operations. Key points: US military officials visiting Australia say conflict in space
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 30 November 2022 WFOV will operate as an early warning satellite to detect ballistic missile launches WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force has received initial images from a new missile-warning satellite launched in July, Millennium Space Systems announced Nov. 29. The Boeing-owned company is
By Fantine Gardiner, Published by Sputnik News, 29 November 2022 Elon Musk has laid out plans to launch tens of thousands of small satellites into orbit to facilitate the Starlink global high-speed internet service, but the proposal has raised eyebrows of many space-faring countries, including the US military. A study
By Vishwam Samkara, Published by yahoo!news, 28 November 2022 Japan’s space agency Jaxa has announced it successfully used steam to propel its spacecraft that was launched as one of the payloads aboard Nasa’s Orion spacecraft. “This is the world’s first successful orbit control beyond low Earth orbit using a water-fuel
By Tory Shepherd, Published by the Guardian, 28 November 2022 Attacks on satellites could take out GPS systems, banking systems, power grids, and affect military operations, panel at space conference says It would no longer be “life as we know it” if a space war destroyed the satellites that the
Published by the BBC, 26 November 2022 Plans to launch satellites from aircraft got a major lift after £12m of funding was approved by a local council. The cash is a key part of getting the Virgin Orbit satellite launch system off the ground, as part of project Spaceport Cornwall
By Jonathan O'Callaghan, Published by Scientific American, 24 November 2022 Elon Musk’s Starlink and other satellite sources of light pollution and orbital debris should face an environmental review, the U.S. Government Accountability Office finds Do people have a right to an unobstructed view of the heavens? For most of human
