The four-year-old command is set to reach full operating capacity this year—but will it stay in Colorado? By Audrey Decker, Publsihed by Defense One, 17 May 2023 The U.S. military is planning to use artificial intelligence to track objects in space—including China’s. The number of orbiting objects U.S. Space Command
By Stephen Chen, Published by scmp, 15 April 2023 Researchers from Wuhan University say they gave the technology full control of a satellite and set it free for 24 hours The artificial intelligence machine picked a few places and ordered the small near-Earth orbiter to take a closer look Chinese
CAS Space's prototype vertical landing rocket prototype in the air. By Baba Tamim, Published by Interesting Engineering, 9 April 2023 China's future rocket models will make use of the technology developed for recovering rockets, claims report. China has successfully tested a rocket's vertical landing in the ocean, laying the groundwork
By Parth Satam, Published by the Eurasian Times, 8 April 2023 The US aims to overwhelm Russian and Chinese anti-satellite weapons with the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) 500 communications, data transfer, and missile tracking satellites. The first batch of 10 satellites was launched on April 2. SDA director Derek M.
By Baba Tarnim, Published by Interesting Engineering, 1 April 2023 The announcement follows a failed test earlier in March, despite achieving a peak velocity of five times the speed of sound in December. The U.S. Air Force has announced that it will not utilize Lockheed Martin's AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Reaction
By Ashish Dangwai, Published by The Eurasian Times, 31 March 2023 China claims to have developed a compact power source that could drastically reduce the size of a high-power microwave weapon capable of downing Starlink satellites. This device can produce up to 10 gigawatts of power, with a frequency of
A key aim of the U.S. Space Force, created in 2019, is to plan, equip and defend U.S. interests in space.PHOTO: ETIENNE LAURENT/SHUTTERSTOCK By Doug Cameron, Published by The Wall Street Journal, 28 March 2023 White House’s spending request includes plans for simulators, equipment to train Space Force members for battle
By OLiver Parken, Published by The War Zone, 22 March 2023 The rusty red-colored exhaust plume that comes with many Chinese rocket launches looks dangerous because it is. Footage of China’s most recent Long March 3B Y90 rocket launch appeared last week. Aside from the high terrain of the launch
