By Dave Hammond, Published by the Yorkshire Post, 10 February 2022 It is little secret that the UK's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) remains the primary intelligence gathering partner of the United States' National Security Agency but concerns are mounting about the planned expansion of Menwith Hill - so why is
By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 10 February 2022 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — The first operational launch of Astra’s Rocket 3.3 vehicle failed Feb. 10 when the rocket’s upper stage appeared to tumble out of control after stage separation. The rocket, designated LV0008 by Astra, lifted off from Space Launch
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 10 February 2022 On-board, or "edge," processing is key to SDA's plans to develop a satellite network that can gather data from multiple sensors on the ground, at sea and in space to provide operators with precise, near-real-time targeting information. WASHINGTON: A foundational
By Donna Lu, Published by the Guardian, 9 February 2022 Elon Musk’s firm says 80% of the satellites it launched last week are expected to burn up instead of reaching orbit SpaceX will lose up to 40 of the 49 Starlink satellites it launched last week as the result of
By Richard Norton-Taylor, Published by Declassified UK, 9 February 2022 The US is quietly preparing to upgrade its presence in Britain in moves with huge implications for UK security and vulnerability in an international crisis. Upgrading US air bases in the UK would enable Washington to intercept international communications and
By Ryan Morrison, Published by the Daily Mail, 8 February 2022 ISS will plummet to Point Nemo when it retires in 2030 – a remote area 2,000 miles north of Antarctica where nations have been dumping satellites and stations since the 1970s NASA plans to de-orbit the International Space Station
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 7 February 2022 The nine-month contract is to process data from SBIRS sensors in highly elliptical orbit WASHINGTON — SciTec won a $5 million contract from the Space Force to develop a software application that analyzes data from U.S. missile-warning satellites, the company announced
By Will Griffin, 7 February 2022 “State surveillance has been an integral part of American political life far longer than we might imagine.” - Alfred McCoy, Tom Dispatch The modern surveillance state is now ubiquitous; it's everywhere, all the time. In 2013, Edward Snowden may have proved that the state,
