By Ivan Yatskov, Published by Orbital Today, 13 March 2025 The SaxaVord Spaceport, under active construction on the picturesque shores of the Shetland Islands, promises to become an essential centre for launching small satellites into space. Construction is incomplete, but the facility is already positioned as a key centre for developing Europe’s
Image: SaxaVord By Joe Scotting, Published by The National, 11 March 2025 In a bid to strengthen Europe’s defence links, the German air force’s space command wants to use SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetlands for “sovereign launch” capabilities. It will mean the spaceport on Unst will carry out launches of military
Image: Shetland News Published by Shetland News, 11 March 2025 SAXAVORD Spaceport could be used to launch monitoring satellites as well as commercial satellites as concerns about global geopolitical uncertainties mount. The UK and German space industries are set to join forces to provide rapid vertical launch capabilities from the
Image: Getty Images By Ryan Erik King, Published by Jalopnik, 10 March 2025 With Tesla's stock price floundering, Elon Musk is seemingly doing everything he can to make the federal government bolster his net worth in the most efficient way possible. SpaceX sent a request to the Federal Communications Commission
French CERES reconnaisance satellites Published by Defense Express, 6 March 2025 France is a fairly autonomous country in terms of intelligence, with its own reconnaissance satellites and aircraft Ukraine can count on the transfer of intelligence data from France, as confirmed by the country's Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu. This was
Johnston Island, as seen from a U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircraft, Oct. 1, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard) Published by Stars and Stripes, 4 March 2025 The Department of the Air Force has tagged an isolated Pacific island as a test site for landing rockets capable of delivering tons of
Image: NASA By Alan T. Dugger, Published by Modern War Institute, 14 February 2025 For as long as humans have waged war, controlling the high ground has meant controlling the fight. From ancient hilltop fortresses to the elevated positions that dictated victory in modern battles, elevation offered a point from
The Mobile User Objective System's four-satellite constellation official transferred to the Space Force this year. (Lockheed Martin) By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 8 February 2025 WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin and Boeing are advancing competing designs for next-generation military communications satellites, even as some experts question whether the Pentagon
