The terrifying future space weapons – ‘rods from God’ meteorites, molten metal cannons and weaponised asteroids By Patrick Knox, Published by the U.S. Sun, 23 December 2021 WEAPONISED asteroids, "rods from god" raining down on Earth and cannon firing molten metal and — it sounds like something from a sci-fi
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 22 December 2021 GAO said information provided to Congress on the Space C2 program makes it difficult to assess its progress WASHINGTON — The Government Accountability Office issued another report critical of a U.S. Space Force program that is developing software tools to track
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 22 December 2021 Space Force wants to deploy sensors across the GEO belt and is asking contractors if they can produce payloads for $10 million or less WASHINGTON — GEOST, a small company based in Tucson, Arizona, won two U.S. Space Force contracts worth
By Nathan Strout, Published by C4ISRNet, 21 December 2021 WASHINGTON — The prototype satellites that will help the U.S. Missile Defense Agency track hypersonic threats have passed a critical design review, meaning the contractors can move forward with manufacturing. The Missile Defense Agency selected L3Harris Technologies and Northrop Grumman in
By George Allison, Published by ukdj, 21 December 2021 Inmarsat is working on a UK Space Agency-funded test project with the European Space Agency, alongside British partners Goonhilly Earth Station Limited and GMVNSL Limited, to deliver the first UK-generated satellite navigation signal. The project provides a potential platform for the
By Alan Marshall, Published by The Conversation, 13 December 2021 Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon Inc and the richest man on Earth, has just launched the third mission of his space tourism business, NS-19. His space company, Blue Origin, sent four more multimillionaire customers into space along with two “space
By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 20 December 2021 DARPA is pursuing a new laser terminal design that would make it easier for government and commercial satellites to exchange data WASHINGTON — Mynaric has been selected to participate in a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program to develop next-generation
By Breaking Defense, 20 December 2021 While the GEO-based Space-Based Infrared System continues to serve US missile-warning needs, emerging threats and an increasingly contested space environment may benefit from a layered architecture in multiple orbits. There are several major trends today in space-based early warning/missile warning. The first is the
