By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNewsTerran Orbital manufactures small satellites in Irvine, California. Credit: Terran Orbital, 14 November 2022 Three executives resigned over disagreements with Terran Orbital’s management on the direction of the company WASHINGTON — At least three senior engineers and program executives left satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital late
By Kieren Williams, Published by the Mirror, 14 November 2022 At a spaceport on the northernmost Shetland Isles, there are potential plans to dig soundproofed holes that otters and other wildlife can hide in to escape the din of rocket launches Soundproof bunker-like holes could help otters flee the din
China’s SLC-18 satellite tracking radar. Photo: China Daily By Gabriel Honrada, Published by Asia Times, 14 November 2022 Newly-unveiled SLC-18 radar seeks to blunt US space-based intel advantage and could soon be exported to America’s adversaries China’s new electronically scanned array radar aims to blunt the military advantages long provided
By Richard Tyler, Published by The Times, 11 November 2022 Operation Get It Up, a tiny plasma-based power system providing propulsion to a small cube satellite, will sit on top of a Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket due to be launched next month. It has been designed by engineers at the
By Alexandra Wood, Published by the Yorkshire Post, 11 November 2022 For 30 years the industrial-looking pyramid on the North York Moors has kept a beady eye on space. Its motto is Vigilamus: We are watching. But to many what it does remains a mystery. One of the most sophisticated
Published by BBC News, 10 Novenber, 2022 An environmental assessment of plans to launch satellites into space from a site in Shetland has gone out for consultation Views have been sought on an environmental assessment of Shetland's planned SaxaVord spaceport A launch pad complex and tracking stations have been proposed
By Campbell MacDiarmid, Published by The Jerusalem Post, 10 November 2022 Hypersonic missiles can fly at least five times faster than the speed of sound and on a complex trajectory, which makes them difficult to intercept. Iran has built a hypersonic ballistic missile, the semi-official Tasnim news agency quoted the
The DragonFire directed energy system is a 50 kilowatt laser developed in the UK. (Leonardo UK) By Andrew White, Published by Breaking Defense, 10 November 2022 Breaking Defense reviewed video of the laser disabling a quadcopter UAV, part of tests that show directed energy system could be “viable.” WILTSHIRE, England
