"Kava," a Ukrainian frontline paramedic, uses a Starlink internet connection in a basement in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region as Russian shells explode nearby on February 20, 2023. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images By Sam Skove, Published by Defense One, 23 March 2023 Units scramble for solutions as Russia learns to
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 22 March 2023 The companies selected are BlackSky, HyperSat, Orbital Sidekick, Pixxel, Planet and Xplore WASHINGTON — The National Reconnaissance Office has signed five-year agreements with six commercial providers of hyperspectral satellite imagery, the agency announced March 22. The selected companies — BlackSky Technology,
By Cristian Agatie, Published by autoevolution, 23 March 2023 SpaceX recently launched its first group of Starlink V2 Mini satellites, touting improved capabilities, with four times the data capacity of the previous generation. Soon, astronomers noticed that the satellites started to descend rather than rise. On Wednesday, Elon Musk confirmed
By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 22 March 2023 WASHINGTON — The first set of larger second-generation Starlink satellites is experiencing problems that could require SpaceX to deorbit at least some of them. In a March 22 tweet, SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk said there were “some issues” with the
By OLiver Parken, Published by The War Zone, 22 March 2023 The rusty red-colored exhaust plume that comes with many Chinese rocket launches looks dangerous because it is. Footage of China’s most recent Long March 3B Y90 rocket launch appeared last week. Aside from the high terrain of the launch
By Courtney Albon, Published by Defense News, 22 March 2023 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force said it needs nearly $16 billion over five years to keep building a new class of satellites that can track missiles moving at hypersonic speeds, more than twice the previous forecast. When service leaders
Published by BBC News, 22 March 2023 A deep space radar site to track active satellites 22,000 miles above the Earth could be built in Pembrokeshire. The proposal is part of the United States Space Force (USSF)-led plans to develop a worldwide network of sensors. A scoping opinion was submitted
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 21 March 2023 A civil reserve for space would mark a new level of collaboration between the military and the commercial space sector The U.S. Space Force is exploring the creation of a space equivalent of the civil reserve air fleet, or CRAF, a
