Image: Popular Science By Ilya Tsukanov, Published by Sputnik International, 6 April 2024 Russia has promised to “form a position” on a US-sponsored Security Council resolution proposing a ban nuclear weapons in space in due course. Why is Washington suddenly so interested in the idea? What kinds of things could
An artist's rendering of the APS-R, which will refuel other spacecraft in orbit - SwRI By Michael Franco, Published by New Atlas, 4 April 2024 A spacecraft about the size of a gas pump is being developed for the US Space Force program to refuel orbiting satellites. The goal is
Illustration of the Wideband Global Satcom WGS-12 military satellite. Credit: Boeing By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 29 March 2024 The company is targeting two U.S. Space Force multibillion-dollar satellite communications programs WASHINGTON — Boeing is setting its sights on two upcoming big-ticket satellite procurements from the U.S. Space
The far side of the moon and distant Earth imaged by the Chang'e-5 T1 mission service module in 2014. Credit: Chinese Academy of Sciences By Andrew Jones, Published b Space News, 28 March 2024 HELSINKI — Tracking data appears to show China is attempting to salvage spacecraft initially intended for the moon
Illustration of robotic servicing mission to attach a new sensor to a U.S. military satellite. Credit: Katalyst Space Technologies By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 27 March 2024 A robotic servicing vehicle will rendezvous with a military satellite and attach an imaging payload WASHINGTON — In a mission targeted
Umbra imagery from its tandem pair of Synthetic Aperture Radar satellites. The company says operating satellites in a cluster formation offers distinctive phenomenology that could be applied to moving target indication techniques. Credit: Umbra By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 23 March 2024 As the U.S. military looks to
In a visualization by the space tracking company ExoAnalytic, China’s Shijian-21 satellite is seen docking with Compass G2, a defunct Chinese satellite in geostationary Earth orbit. Credit: ExoAnalytic Solutions By Andrew Jones, Published by Space News, 22 March 2024 HELSINKI — The People’s Liberation Army is working comprehensively on the technology and
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launches the NROL-123 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office from Virginia on March 21, 2024. (Image credit: Rocket Lab) By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 21 March 2024 The "Live and Let Fly" mission sent secret payloads aloft for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. Rocket
