By Magdalena Petrova, Published by CNBC, 20 January 2024 Japan recently became the fifth nation to successfully complete a soft landing on the moon’s surface, joining a select few countries — the U.S., Russia, China and India — in accomplishing this feat. But moon landings are likely to become more common over
By Christopher Stone, Published by Defense News, 16 January 2024 One of the oft repeated phrases by political and military leaders during National Defense Authorization Act and defense budget rollout is how important it is to get the bill passed so we give our men and women in uniform everything
By Sakshi Tiwari, Published by The Eurasian Times, 29 December 2023 As a protracted war steadily moves towards its third year, there are reports that Russia has ramped up efforts to expand its watchful eyes in space. The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced on December 27 that the Russian Aerospace Forces
By Parth Satam, Published by the Eurasian Times, 28 November 2023 Space observers and scientists have noted curious and intriguing activity from two Russian satellites launched over the last year, releasing other satellites and spacecraft from within them. Believed to be electronic reconnaissance orbital payloads, the rare practice of satellites
By Kristin Burke, Published by War on the Rocks, 13 November 2023 Most open source researchers following the Chinese military space program are well aware of China’s perceptions of the U.S. Space Force and its public technology and operation plans. However, I was surprised to find the People’s Liberation Army
By Jon Gertner, Published by The New York Times Magazine, 8 November 2023 Inside the highly secretive military branch responsible for protecting American interests in a vulnerable new domain. What’s most concerning isn’t the swarm of satellites but the types. “We know that there are kinetic kill vehicles,” Lerch said
LeoLabs’ Rendezvous and Proximity Dashboard shows one approach made by Cosmos-2562 to Resurs-P3 (left), eventually coming into proximity (right). For almost a year, the objects appeared to maneuver one to two times a week based on in-track distance history. Credit: LeoLabs By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 6 November 2023
Geostationary orbits are where telecommunication satellites and other monitoring satellites operate. This image shows one of the NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites. Image Credit: NOAA. By Evan Gough, Published by Universe Today, 21 October 2023 When it comes to saber-rattling, few countries employ it as much as Russia does. During
