By Peggy Hollinger, Published by The Marcet, 3 January 2024 Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects one of her favourite stories. There is a battle brewing in space. In one corner you have the billionaires building giant satellite broadband constellations in low earth orbit (LEO) — Elon Musk with SpaceX’s
By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 3 January 2024 The company wants to launch nearly 150 missions this year. Surprise, surprise: SpaceX plans to set more spaceflight records this year. Elon Musk's company launched 96 orbital missions in 2023, a big jump from its previous high of 61, which was set
By Theresa Hirchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 29 December 2023 "And so I think, as you see new missions come on, you can presume that that means more Guardians to perform those missions, and we'll have to adjust the strength going up," said CSO Gen. Chance Saltzman. WASHINGTON — Over
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 Robert Scammell, Published by UK Tech News, 28 December 2023 This year began with high hopes for the UK space tech sector, only for them to come crashing back down to Earth after the failure of Virgin Orbit to become the first orbital launch from British soil. Despite that
By Tom Dunlop, Published by UK Defence Journal, 27 December 2023 Raytheon NORSS UK-based space domain awareness specialist has been awarded a contract to provide the UK Space Agency with Space Surveillance and Tracking Services Data (SST) in low-Earth orbit (LEO) for Resident Space Objects (RSO). Under this contract, Raytheon
Notional graphic of MEO missile tracking Epoch 1 satellites. Credit: Millennium Space By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 18 December 2023 The Space Systems Command last month selected Millennium Space Systems to produce six satellites WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force awarded Millennium Space Systems contracts worth $509.5 million
From the CSIS paper "Getting on Track Space and Airborne Sensors for Hypersonic Missile Defense" CSIS By Patrick Tucker, Published by Defense One, 18 December 2023 Tracking hypersonic missiles across oceans is like trying to “find a cup of tea that you’ve dropped into a swimming pool.” Lots of cheap satellites
