Starlink satellites have been forced to maneuver over 50,000 times to avoid potential orbital collision since the constellation's first satellite launch. (Image credit: Arda Kucukkaya/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) By Tereza Pultarova, Published by Space.com, 6 July 2023 Since the launch of the first Starlink spacecraft in 2019, the SpaceX
By Joseph Menn, Published by The Washington Post, 30 June 2023 A satellite communications system serving the Russian military was knocked offline by a cyberattack late Wednesday and remained mostly down on Thursday, in an incident reminiscent of an attack on a similar system used by Ukraine at the start
The Space Development Agency will begin launching its first operational data transport satellites in 2024, part of the Space Force’s effort to build a space version of the internet. (Image: Northrop Grumman) By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 29 June 2023 The plan is to grant two contractors Other
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 2 June 2023 The four-year contract is part of the DEUCSI (Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet) program run by the Air Force Research Laboratory. It’s a project to demonstrate the integration of commercial space internet services with military platforms and weapon systems. WASHINGTON
An Iranian satellite launched by Russia lifts off from Baikonur in Kazakhstan in August amid controversy Moscow could use it for Ukraine surveillance. Photograph: Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty By Ian Sample, Published by The Guardian, 28 May 2023 Threat posed by ‘provocative’ Russia and China has left US no choice but to
“We're laying the groundwork for starting to figure that,” said the leader of Space Operations Command. By Patrick Tucker, Published by Defense One, 24 May 2023 Two Space Force troops are helping the Air Force’s information-warfare wing explore the future of offensive space operations, the leader of Space Operations Command
By Courtney Albon, Published by C4ISRNET, 24 May 2023 WASHINGTON — Northrop Grumman said its design for next-generation missile warning satellites passed a key Space Force review. The company is under contract to build two Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar satellites that will provide coverage of the northern hemisphere, the
By Daniele Palimbo and Erwan Rivault, Published by the BBC, 22 May 2023 A beach resort bristling with fortifications. A major road lined with anti-tank ditches. Satellite analysis by BBC Verify has uncovered some of the extensive defences built by Russia as it prepares for a major Ukrainian counter-attack. After
