By Sandra Erwin and Debra Werner, Published by SpaceNews, 23 December 2022 Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine was the biggest story of 2022. Aside from reviving Cold War fears of nuclear war and playing havoc with energy markets, it’s been a black swan event for a space industry still adjusting
By Jason Rainbow, Published by SpaceNews, 19 December 2022 TAMPA, Fla. — SpaceX could start launching second-generation Starlink satellites in the coming weeks to add more capacity to its increasingly congested broadband network. In Dec. 16 regulatory filings with the Federal Communications Commission, SpaceX said it “anticipates that it will
By Matthew Field, Published by The Telegraph, 18 December 2022 Lee Rosen quits Skyrora less than six months after he joined A former SpaceX executive has quit British rocket start-up Skyrora less than six months after he joined. Lee Rosen, who had joined Edinburgh-headquartered Skyrora as its chief operating officer,
By Leonard David, Published by Space.com, 15 December 2022 Some scientists say nuclear fusion propulsion is inevitable. But how far away is it, given recent breakthroughs? The announcement this week of fusion ignition is a major scientific advancement, one that is decades in the making. More energy was produced than
Picture: Getty Images By Matt Burgess, Pubished by Wired, 15 December 2022 Navigation system monitors have seen a recent uptick in interruptions since Ukraine began launching long-range drone attacks. Every day, billions of people use the GPS satellite system to find their way around the world—but GPS signals are vulnerable.
By Hyung-Jin Kim, Published by Defense News, 14 December 2022 SEOUL, South Korea — The U.S. military formally launched a space force unit in South Korea on Wednesday, a move that will likely enable Washington to better monitor its rivals North Korea, China and Russia. The activation of the U.S.
By Alex Hollings, Published by Sandboxx, 13 December 2022 In 2019, the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) filed a number of seemingly out-of-this-world patents that could, in theory, revolutionize not only military aviation, but just about everything. Chief among these strange new inventions is a High
By Baba Tamim, Published by Interesting Engineering, 10 December 2022 The world's first space battery fueled by Americium-241, a nuclear-based fuel, will be developed in cooperation between the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) and the U.K. Space Agency. This project will be carried out in a brand-new laboratory in Cumbria costing
