By Park Si-soo, Published by SpaceNews, 30 March 2021 SEOUL, South Korea — Hanwha Systems, the South Korean conglomerate that added a bankrupt phased-array antenna maker to its growing portfolio last year, is planning to build and deploy a constellation of 2,000 satellites in low Earth orbit by 2030 to
By Jason Rainbow, Published in SpaceNews, 30 March 2021 TAMPA, Fla. — The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has extended a contract to use British operator Inmarsat’s satellites to 2027, expanding the agreement to cover managed services. The contract extension, worth 221 million Australian dollars ($291 million), comes a month after
By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 30 March 2021 WASHINGTON — SpaceX launched its fourth Starship prototype in less than four months March 30, only to have the vehicle apparently crash once again. The Starship SN11 vehicle lifted off at approximately 9 a.m. Eastern from the company’s Boca Chica, Texas,
Published by the Royal Astronomical Society, 29 March 2021 Scientists reported new research results today suggesting that artificial objects in orbit around the Earth are brightening night skies on our planet significantly more than previously understood. The research, accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters,
By Kosuke Takahashi, Published in Janes, 29 March 2021 The Japan Ministry of Defense’s (MoD’s) National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) has urged Tokyo to increasingly focus on the development of advanced military technologies such as high-power microwave- and laser-based weapon systems to help counter the growing missile threat posed
The Fight Against Raytheon Raytheon is the 4th largest weapons contractor in the world. Recently, a former Raytheon board member and retired four star general, Lloyd Austin, was appointed as the Secretary of War under the Biden Administration, further highlighting the revolving door between the Pentagon, the war industry and
By EurAsian Times Desk, Published in the EurAsian Times, 27 March 2021 The UK government’s ‘Defense Command Paper 2021’ has outlined its ambitious plans about how it would fight future wars in space and cyberspace. According to the 76-page document published on March 22, the UK will trim the size
By Hoss Cartwright and Deborah Lee James, Published in Breaking Defense, 26 March 2021 How strategically important is space, beyond spy and communications satellites? This opinion piece by Hoss Cartwright, former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and former Air Force Secretary Debbie Lee James, makes it pretty
