By Mike Yeo, Published by Yahoo!, 18 April 2022 MELBOURNE, Australia — A satellite photo has revealed that China has built a new long-range, early-warning radar that can be used to detect ballistic missiles from thousands of miles away, likely giving it coverage of all of Japan. The image, taken
By Michael Sheetz, Published by CNBC, 18 April 2022 Key Points The United States government has committed to ending the practice of anti-satellite missile tests, Vice President Kamala Harris announced on Monday.Plans for the move were set late last year, after the Russian military destroyed a defunct satellite with an anti-satellite
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 15 April 2022 The Army, in particular, is looking for a "magic bullet" — one antenna that can receive SATCOM signals from constellations in LEO, MEO and GEO. But it may be disappointed due to the laws of physics, says Rick Lober, VP
By Brian Toohey, Published by Community99, 15 April 2022 Developments at the U.S.-Australian satellite intelligence base at Pine Gap near Alice Springs give the United States an unprecedented ability to detect Chinese spacecraft from space and potentially destroy them. Previously, detection was mainly based on ground-based radars, which are no longer seen as suitable for identifying
By Tim Fernholz, Published by Quartz, 14 April 2022 Testing weapons is a dangerous business. When the US Air Force wants to practice blowing stuff up, it uses places like the Nevada Test and Training Range, a huge swathe of desert where it can drop bombs far from civilians. But
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 14 April 2022 When China fired a missile into one of its own weather satellites in a 2007 show of force, experts called the demo the beginning of a new antisatellite arms race. Fast forward to 2022, and a Chinese space tug is spotted
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 14 April 2022 Small GEO satellite operator Astranis sees an opportunity to break into the defense market as the military seeks to diversify its communications architecture WASHINGTON – Astranis Space Technologies is scheduled to launch this summer a small communications satellite to geostationary orbit
By Melissa de Zwart, Published by Newsroom, 13 April 2022 International agreement on a peace treaty for outer space has been lacking for decades. A new working group is attempting a different path, writes Melissa de Zwart in part three of a series on space in the shadow of war The use of
