Starlink satellites have been forced to maneuver over 50,000 times to avoid potential orbital collision since the constellation's first satellite launch. (Image credit: Arda Kucukkaya/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) By Tereza Pultarova, Published by Space.com, 6 July 2023 Since the launch of the first Starlink spacecraft in 2019, the SpaceX
Ship 24 performing a static fire test in December 2022 prior to its inaugural launch. Image: SpaceX By Passant Rabie, Published by Gizmodo, 5 July 2023 Musk's private space venture is claiming that its megarocket does not pose a threat to surrounding wildlife in Texas. SpaceX is denying allegations that its Starship
By Patrick Tucker, Published by Defense One, 4 July 2023 Officials worry China may do for commercial-space capabilities what it did for cheap telecom equipment. China has ramped up its space mission, with plans to surpass 70 launches—commercial and military—this year. And while the Pentagon has been vocal about the
JUMP 20 is a winged drone, which can take off and land vertically. Image credit: Aerovironmentinc By Povilas M., Published by Technology.org, 1 July 2023 Drones are extensively used by both sides in the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war. In fact, it seems like this armed conflict became proving grounds for some
L3Harris received a $125 million contract to upgradespace force counter-communications By Christopher McFadden, Published by Interesting Education, 20 June 2023 According to Space Force officials, L3Harris' planned upgrade of the former's Counter Communications System, Meadowlands, is overdue. A planned portable electronic jamming device to combat Chinese and Russian space-based tech
By Jonathan Amos, Published by BBC News, 30 July 2023 It's taken just shy of 20 years but Sir Richard Branson has finally begun commercial operations with his Virgin Galactic rocket plane, Unity. The vehicle soared high over the New Mexico desert on Thursday to enable three Italians to conduct
By Joseph Menn, Published by The Washington Post, 30 June 2023 A satellite communications system serving the Russian military was knocked offline by a cyberattack late Wednesday and remained mostly down on Thursday, in an incident reminiscent of an attack on a similar system used by Ukraine at the start
The Space Development Agency will begin launching its first operational data transport satellites in 2024, part of the Space Force’s effort to build a space version of the internet. (Image: Northrop Grumman) By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 29 June 2023 The plan is to grant two contractors Other
