By Debra Werner, Published by SpaceNews, 16 November 2021 SAN FRANCISCO – LeoLabs was alerted early Nov. 15 that something was happening in low Earth orbit. Before the Silicon Valley space mapping startup heard of the Russian antisatellite test, its global network of phased array radars detected an object in
By Park Si-soo, Published by SpaceNews, 15 November 2021 SEOUL, South Korea — Japan will launch a second space defense unit at an airbase in the country’s west within the next 18 months to monitor electromagnetic wave threats to its satellites. Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi announced the plan of establishing
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 15 November 2021 L3Harris will begin to produce the new version of the Counter Communications System WASHINGTON — U.S. military officials and analysts have warned that China and Russia are building an arsenal of weapons designed to interfere with space-based capabilities of the United
By Chelsea Gohd, Published by Space.com, 15 November 2021 "The test has so far generated over 1,500 pieces of trackable orbital debris," a State Department spokesperson said. Russia conducted an anti-satellite test (ASAT) early on Monday (Nov. 15), generating hundreds of thousands of pieces of space debris and threatening the
By Nevin Brown, Published by Sputnik News, 15 November 2021 The United States has accused the Russian Federation of conducting a "destructive satellite test" that could put astronauts, cosmonauts, and global satellite operations at risk. Through the U.S. State Department's spokesperson, Ned Price, it was revealed that the alleged test
Debris (in red) from China's January 2007 ASAT test, seen in this visualization with other objects in low Earth orbit nearly one year later. Credit: AGI By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 15 November 2021 LAS VEGAS — A Russian satellite broke up in low Earth orbit in a deliberate
By Alice Pannier, Published by Techcrunch, 14 November 2021 The TechCrunch Global Affairs Project examines the increasingly intertwined relationship between the tech sector and global politics. Quantum information science has long languished in an academic corner of the tech sector. But recent advances mean that the sector has taken on
Published by The Economic Times, 14 November 2021 Synopsis The S-400 missile defence system is equipped with four different missiles which can engage enemy aircraft, ballistic missiles, and AWACS planes at 400 km, 250 km, the medium-range 120 km and the short-range 40 km. In a major boost to Indian
