Iceye SAR image of the port of Rotterdam, The Netherlands, taken in early September 2024. Credit: Iceye By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 2 October 2024 Iceye says its SAR satellites can discern specific types of military equipment, and spot objects through tree cover and foliage WASHINGTON — Companies
BySharon Lemac-Vincere, Published by Wired, 29 June 2024 As more and more infrastructure is deployed in space, the risk of cyber attacks increases. The US military wants to team up with the private sector to protect assets everyone relies on. The US military recently launched a groundbreaking initiative to strengthen
Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexcio, headquarters to SpRCO By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 27 September 2024 A future challenge for the R2C2 program will be figuring out how it fits under the Pentagon's overarching Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) efforts, Kelly Hammett, director of the
Vandenberg Tracking Station and the Ellison Onizuka Satellite Operations Facility support the Satellite Control Network. Credit: U.S. Space Force By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 25 September 2024 The Space Systems Command is interested in creating a “commercial antenna marketplace” WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force is moving forward
GSSAP (Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program) By Mike Gruss, Published by Defense One, 25 September 2024 The Pentagon doesn't post location data for its secretive GSSAP satellites, but Chinese spacecraft are maneuvering to avoid their gaze. The Pentagon has long been closed-mouthed about a family of U.S. spy satellites that since 2014
By Julia Musto, Published by The Independent, 19 September 2024 New Starlink satellites’ radiation leaks are 30 times as large as those emitted by older satellites, scientists discover Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites are wreaking havoc in Earth’s orbit and destroying astronomers’ ability to observe distant planets and stars, scientists have
Tu-95 bombers at Engles Air Base, Russia. Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies. By Chris Gordon, Published by Air and Space Forces, 19 September 2024 NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—The proliferation of commercial satellites is changing the character of war, a panel of military experts said at AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference
Starlink satellites are usually easily seen by the naked eye in the night sky By Georgina Rannard, Published by BBC News, 18 September 2024 Radio waves from Elon Musk’s growing network of satellites are blocking scientists’ ability to peer into the universe, according to researchers in the Netherlands. The new
