By Rory James, Published in the Guardian, 9 March 2021 Biak island residents say SpaceX launchpad would devastate island’s ecology and displace people from their homes Papuans whose island has been offered up as a potential launch site for Elon Musk’s SpaceX project have told the billionaire Tesla chief his
A 2018 photo shows the Earth as seen from the International Space Station.PHOTO: AFP by AFP Staff Writers, Published in SpaceWar, 9 March 2021 Paris (AFP) - France has begun its first military exercises in space to test its ability to defend its satellites, in a sign of the growing
Space Development Agency concept of proliferated satellites in low Earth orbit. Credit: SDA By Sandra Erwin, Published in SpaceNews, 8 March 2021 The close collaboration happening between SMC and SDA may come as a surprise to those who have followed the politics of DoD space organizations. WASHINGTON — The U.S.
Image: Space Daily By Lucie Aubourg, Published in Space Daily, 5 March 2021 Washington (AFP) - A prototype of SpaceX's unmanned rocket Starship exploded on Wednesday, the third time a test flight ended in flames. The mishaps may seem like disasters but experts say these incidents are part of the
by Staff Writers, Published by Space War, 5 March 2021 Washington DC (AFNS) - Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa hosted a joint, multi-national Combined Joint All Domain Command and Control demonstration in February. The USAFE-AFAFRICA-led demonstration, which took place in the Baltic Sea region, incorporated
Published by Department for Transport, Amanda Solloway MP, and The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, 5 March 2021 In a giant leap in British spaceflight history, government publishes response to commercial spaceflight consultation. government on course to legislate for UK spaceflight by the end of this yearfirst-ever launch into space
Patriot missile launcher By Arie Egozi and Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. Published by Breaking Defense, 4 March 2021 Patriot missiles are expensive. Rafael and its US partner Raytheon says they can fire the cheaper Israeli SkyCeptor from existing Patriot launchers. Will that tempt the US Army? WASHINGTON: The US Army
Gaofen-4 EO Series satellite. By Staff Writers, Published in SpaceDaily, 2 March 2021 Beijing (XNA) - China's satellite application system has made great progress in 2020, with more than 300 satellites in orbit for various applications, according to a recent report released by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
