By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 15 February 2023 "Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine has highlighted the importance of a persistent space surveillance capability," said the United Kingdom, as European nations (and Canada) band together. WASHINGTON — A group of 17 European nations, plus the US and Canada, today
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 14 February 2023 Maxar will be able to task Umbra’s satellites and integrate synthetic aperture radar data into its portfolio of Earth Intelligence products WASHINGTON — Maxar has signed a contract with satellite imagery startup Umbra to get dedicated access to the company’s radar
By Christian Davenport, Published by The Washington Post, 3 February 2023 When NASA’s Orion spacecraft returned to Earth from its trip around the moon last month, it was moving blazingly fast, nearly 25,000 mph, or 32 times the speed of sound. On a trip to the moon, a mere 240,000
By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 24 January 2023 WASHINGTON — NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will cooperate on the development and flight demonstration of a nuclear propulsion system with applications for both national security and space exploration. During a special session of the AIAA SciTech Forum
By Arie Egozi, Published by Breaking Defense, 6 January 2023 According to Israeli sources, there are negotiations in different levels with Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and Romania currently underway for the Rafael Spyder system. TEL AVIV — A number of European nations are in active negotiation to purchase the Rafael
Picture: Getty Images By Matt Burgess, Pubished by Wired, 15 December 2022 Navigation system monitors have seen a recent uptick in interruptions since Ukraine began launching long-range drone attacks. Every day, billions of people use the GPS satellite system to find their way around the world—but GPS signals are vulnerable.
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
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
