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Author: Dave Webb

NZ rocket launches may breach nuclear-free laws, say peace groups

March 9, 2021
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| Actions, Launch sites, NZ, Rockets, Satellites

by Ollie Neas, Published by The Spinoff, 9 March 2021 Rocket Lab launches of satellites honing US military targeting capabilities have been criticised by the Peace Foundation, which is calling on the PM to step in. Peace groups are calling on the prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, to stop the launch

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Biak Island, in Papua province, Indonesia, has been offered to Elon Musk as a site for a SpaceX launchpad. Photograph: imageBroker/Alamy

Anger after Indonesia offers Elon Musk Papuan island for SpaceX launchpad

March 9, 2021
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| News, Protest, Rockets, SpaceX

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

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France conducts first military drills in space

March 9, 2021
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| ASATs, France, News, Satellites, Space Force

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

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Space Force planning for a future of smaller, cheaper satellites

March 8, 2021
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| Mini-Satellites, Satellites, Space Development Agency, Space Force

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.

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SpaceX: more risks, better rockets?

March 5, 2021
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| Environmental/Health Concerns, Mars missions, Moon missions, News, Rockets, SpaceX

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

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Space Force integration critical to CJADC2 success

March 5, 2021
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| Communications, News, Satellites, Space Force

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

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Space launch from British soil one step closer

March 5, 2021
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| Launch sites, Mini-Satellites, News, Satellites

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

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Israelis Push New Missile For Patriot Launchers: SkyCeptor

March 4, 2021
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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

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