By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 14 April 2022 When China fired a missile into one of its own weather satellites in a 2007 show of force, experts called the demo the beginning of a new antisatellite arms race. Fast forward to 2022, and a Chinese space tug is spotted
By Sakshi Tiwari, Published by The EurAsian Times, 10 April 2022 The overcrowding of space has fueled concerns of cyber attacks on satellites. Given the inexpensive and readily available disruptive tools in the digital age, both military and commercial satellites remain vulnerable to hacking by state and non-state actors. To
By Sakshi Tiwari, Published by the EurAsian Times, 5 April 2022 China’s ambitious ‘mega constellation’ of up to 13,000 satellites that would operate in low Earth orbit, akin to SpaceX Starlink, has raised snooping concerns, said a recent report of Daily Mail. The network is reported to be a part
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 4 April 2022 As space becomes increasingly important to terrestrial activities, the tools and weapons available to disrupt and damage satellites are proliferating around the world COLORADO SPRINGS – It’s hard to imagine how the world’s economies and military forces would operate without unfettered
By Tanmay Kadam/Eurasian Times Desk, Published by Eurasian Times, 9 March 2022 China’s Long March 2C rocket carrying seven satellites lifted off on March 5. Of them, six satellites were developed by private Chinese firm GalaxySpace with the aim of forming an experimental network for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) broadband
By Andrew Jones, Published by SpaceNews, 28 January 2022 HELSINKI — China has released a new white paper outlining the centrality of space to the country’s “overall national strategy” as well as major plans for the years ahead. Over the next five years China will seek to develop its space
By Andrew Jones, Published by Space News, 27 January 2022 HELSINKI — China’s Shijian-21 space debris mitigation satellite has docked with a defunct Chinese satellite to drastically alter its geostationary orbit, demonstrating capabilities only previously exhibited by the United States. Data and tracking from space monitoring firms show that Shijian-21
By Sakshi Tiwari, Publishd by Eurasian Times, 26 January 2022 China is reportedly developing and testing its hypersonic technology at a rapid pace. The communist nation created ripples across the world when it launched a “Fractional Orbital Bombardment System” to launch a nuclear-capable hypersonic glide vehicle around the world. In
