A mock rocket launches from the SaxaVord Spaceport on Unst, Shetland. The site is to get £30m as part of plans to strengthen space defences. Photograph: SaxaVord UK Spaceport/PA By Ben Quinn, Published by The Guardian, 23 September 2026 A new military unit dedicated to defending satellites, protecting services people
By The Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space20 September 2026 The disclosure by US Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink that the US has deployed space weapons in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) confirmed what many had always thought and is a consequence of the competition between
Secretary of the U.S. Air Force Troy Meink delivers a keynote address during the 2026 Air, Space & Cyber Conference at the National Harbor, Md., Sept 14, 2026. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Malia Heemsoth) By Steve Staples, Posted by Peace Quest, 19 September 2026 For decades, Washington
A Skynet satellite. Photo: Airbus Defence and Space Published by RAF News, 18 September 2026 UK Space Command and US Space Command have conducted the first UK-US joint military operation in space, moving two satellites close together, at an altitude of nearly 36,000 kilometres above the Earth. From 4-12 September
Image: DKosig/Getty Images By Rudy Ruitenberg, Published by Defense News, 17 September 2026 PARIS — Space has become a war-fighting domain, an assessment that calls for doctrinal changes and the ability to intervene there more quickly, space-force leaders from several NATO countries said at the Space Defense and Security Summit
By Shawn Simpson, Posted on Katie Singer's Substack, 16 September 2026 Here’s a new technology—satellites with mirrors. It could and beam sunlight to Earth at night! Solar panels could get more hours to generate electricity! The military could use this, somehow. Shawn Simpson wrote this piece, originally published in the
Satellite antennas used in the Counter Communications System 10.2 electronic jammer developed by L3Harris under contract to the U.S. Space Force. Credit: L3Harris By Joseph Trevithick, Published by TWZ, 15 September 2026 U.S. Space Force’s top officer has shared new details about his service’s use of electronic warfare capabilities during
Image: European Space Agency Posted by Space Weather, 15 September 2026 A Cold War spy satellite just broke apart in Earth orbit, and no one knows why. The US Space Force detected the breakup on Sept. 13th when USA 32 unexpectedly shed a cloud of debris 775 km above Earth.
