Published by Yonhap News Agency, 30 March 2021 SEOUL, March 30 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. military has completed a two-week combined training of its missile defense units in the Indo-Pacific region, including an air defense brigade stationed in South Korea, to maintain readiness and ensure the ability to jointly respond
By Park Si-soo, Published by SpaceNews, 30 March 2021 SEOUL, South Korea — Hanwha Systems, the South Korean conglomerate that added a bankrupt phased-array antenna maker to its growing portfolio last year, is planning to build and deploy a constellation of 2,000 satellites in low Earth orbit by 2030 to
By Jason Rainbow, Published in SpaceNews, 30 March 2021 TAMPA, Fla. — The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has extended a contract to use British operator Inmarsat’s satellites to 2027, expanding the agreement to cover managed services. The contract extension, worth 221 million Australian dollars ($291 million), comes a month after
By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 30 March 2021 WASHINGTON — SpaceX launched its fourth Starship prototype in less than four months March 30, only to have the vehicle apparently crash once again. The Starship SN11 vehicle lifted off at approximately 9 a.m. Eastern from the company’s Boca Chica, Texas,
By EurAsian Times Desk, Published in the EurAsian Times, 27 March 2021 The UK government’s ‘Defense Command Paper 2021’ has outlined its ambitious plans about how it would fight future wars in space and cyberspace. According to the 76-page document published on March 22, the UK will trim the size
By Nathan Strout, Published in C4ISRNET, 25 March 2021 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force created a three-year arrangement for allies to borrow and test equipment for navigation that uses a new GPS signal that is difficult to jam or spoof. The M-Code signal developed for the military is intended
Published in Russia Today, 25 March 2021 After a successful launch, a Russian Soyuz rocket is on its way to low Earth orbit to drop off 36 satellites created by UK firm OneWeb, set to join a “constellation” of small devices designed to expand internet coverage worldwide. Moscow’s space agency
By Kit Klarenberg, an investigative journalist exploring the role of intelligence services in shaping politics and perceptions, Published by Russia Today, 25 March 2021 Space battles are the stuff of science fiction, but recent technological and political developments have done much to make the prospect an ever more likely reality
