By Tom O'Connor, Published by Newsweek, 14 December 2021 With China refusing to discuss efforts to limit its nuclear weapons arsenal on Earth, President Joe Biden's administration is hoping to pursue an arms control treaty in outer space involving the People's Republic. Washington and Beijing remain lightyears apart even on
By James Acton, Published by Defense One, 10 December 2021 Blowing up some satellites causes problems. Blowing up these could cause nuclear war. When Russia blew up an old satellite with a new missile on November 15, it created an expanding cloud of debris that will menace the outer space
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 1 December 2021 Chiding Russia for its recent ASAT test, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks said that "from the Defense Department's perspective, we would like to see all nations agree to refrain from anti-satellite weapons testing that creates debris." WASHINGTON: The Biden
By Athene Gadsby, Published by UK Space Agency, 24 November 2021 On 15 November 2021, the UK’s Space Operations Centre (UKSpOC) based at High Wycombe started monitoring the fragmentation of COSMOS1408 – an inactive, two tonne Russian satellite which had been struck by a Russian anti-satellite (ASAT) missile test. Fragmentation events are the break-up or explosion of objects in
By Vladimir Kozin, Published by World Beyond War, 22 November 2021 On November 15, 2021, the Russian Ministry of Defense carried out the successful destruction of the discontinued and decommissioned national spacecraft named “Tselina-D”, which was put into orbit back in 1982. The head of the Russian Defense Ministry, Sergei
By Staff Writers, Published by Space Daily, 18 November 2021 Moscow (Sputnik) - On Monday, State Department spokesman Ned Price accused Russia of "recklessly" carrying out a destructive satellite test using an anti-satellite missile against a defunct Soviet satellite. Washington claims the test generated "over 1,500 pieces of trackable orbital
By Paul Robinson, Published by Russia Today, 18 November 2021 News that Russia has tested an anti-satellite missile has sparked concern for spacecraft and, more worryingly, highlighted the lack of international treaties regulating space weapons, meaning the cosmos is becoming a battleground. While the US currently opposes controls on orbital
By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 18 November 2021 Privateer aims to characterize space junk like never before. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak's startup Privateer aims to help humanity get the goods on space junk before it's too late. The Hawaii-based company, whose existence Wozniak and co-founder Alex Fielding announced in
