The atmospheric re-entry of a satellite, such as the ATV-1 satellite shown here, will lead to the majority or even the totality of the satellite’s composition being deposited into various layers of Earth’s atmosphere. The more satellites are launched, and the more frequently they’re de-orbited, the greater the effects of atmospheric pollution will become. (Credit: ESA/NASA)

China’s last launch of 2022 sparks falling rocket debris warning from Philippine Space Agency

By Leonard David, Published by Space.com, 30 December 2022 The Philippine Space Agency warned agencies to take "precautionary measures related to expected unburned debris" from the rocket. China's last space launch of 2022, which lifted off on Thursday (Dec. 29), has prompted a warning of falling rocket space debris from

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Russia’s Highly Maneuverable Avangard Hypersonic Missile Impossible To Intercept, Expert Says Over New US, Japan Pact

By Ashish Dangwai, 5 December 2022Published by The EurAsian Times, 5 December 2022 Japan and the United States will conduct extensive joint missile technology research to intercept hypersonic glide missiles deployed by China and Russia, reported Asia Nikkei on December 4.  Russia has already deployed Hypersonic glide vehicles (HGVs), while

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US Space Force eyes ‘prime’ Australian real estate for future warfare operations

By Andrew Greene, Published by ABC News, 1 December 2022 Visiting senior US military officers believe Australia is a "pot of gold at the end of the rainbow", as they eye off this continent's "prime" geography for future space operations. Key points: US military officials visiting Australia say conflict in space

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Traffic Jam: Chinese Academics Find Starlink Satellites Routinely Break Space Safety Rules

By Fantine Gardiner, Published by Sputnik News, 29 November 2022 Elon Musk has laid out plans to launch tens of thousands of small satellites into orbit to facilitate the Starlink global high-speed internet service, but the proposal has raised eyebrows of many space-faring countries, including the US military. A study

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‘Life no longer as we know it’: war in space would have devastating effects, military experts say

By Tory Shepherd, Published by the Guardian, 28 November 2022 Attacks on satellites could take out GPS systems, banking systems, power grids, and affect military operations, panel at space conference says It would no longer be “life as we know it” if a space war destroyed the satellites that the

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China’s new satellite-hunting radar aims to blind US

China’s SLC-18 satellite tracking radar. Photo: China Daily By Gabriel Honrada, Published by Asia Times, 14 November 2022 Newly-unveiled SLC-18 radar seeks to blunt US space-based intel advantage and could soon be exported to America’s adversaries China’s new electronically scanned array radar aims to blunt the military advantages long provided

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