by Staff Writers for Launchspace, Published by SpaceWar, 29 October 2021 Bethesda, MD (SPX) - A new arms race is unfolding among spacefaring nations. Space experts have been telling us about contested space for the last several years. The number of active satellites is exploding from about 1,000 a few
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 29 October 2021 The planned buy with the largest potential value is for DoD-wide SATCOM services from commercial operators of p-LEO constellations, with multiple awards totaling $875 million slated in August 2022. WASHINGTON: Beginning next month, the Space Force intends to issue a
By Colin Clark, Published by Breaking Defense, 2 November 2021 Models shared exclusively with Breaking Defense offer a rare glimpse into nation-on-nation run-ins in space as satellites follow, flee, and, allegedly, listen in on each other. WASHINGTON: China has demonstrated the ability to track and maneuver a satellite with a
By Aaron Mehta, Published by Breaking Defense, 27 October 2021 WASHINGTON: More than any other threat, cyber attacks are the greatest concern for the US national security enterprise in the next five years, according to the results of the first ever Breaking Defense Space Survey. The online survey, which ran from
By M.H.Lee, Published by Koreabizwire, 27 October 2021 JEJU, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Following the launch of South Korea’s first homegrown space rocket Nuri, another challenge for space will be made on Jeju Island. Jeju’s provincial government said Tuesday that the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
By Staff Writers, Published by Space Daily, 25 October 2021 Bethesda MD (SPX) - Over the last several years we have been yelling and screaming about the existential threat of space debris on our ability to conduct space commerce, but the world is not listening. Instead, several organizations continue to
By Ethan Siegal, Published by Big Think, 21 October 2021 An unprecedented number of new satellites threatens the night sky as we know it. Will we act in time to save it? The era of satellite megaconstellations is just beginning, with over 1,000 launched since 2019 and tens of thousands
Published by ESA, 20 October 2021 On 21 October 2011, the first pair of Galileo navigation satellites was launched by a Russian-built Soyuz rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The introduction of Russia’s Soyuz 2 rocket to Europe’s Spaceport was a milestone of strategic cooperation in the space transportation
