China’s SLC-18 satellite tracking radar. Photo: China Daily By Gabriel Honrada, Published by Asia Times, 14 November 2022 Newly-unveiled SLC-18 radar seeks to blunt US space-based intel advantage and could soon be exported to America’s adversaries China’s new electronically scanned array radar aims to blunt the military advantages long provided
By Clive CooksonPublished by Business Telegraph, 4 November 2022 The UK government’s failure to obtain guaranteed access to the satellite navigation systems essential to defence and critical infrastructure risks endangering national security, a cross-party group of MPs has said. The House of Commons science and technology committee on Friday criticised
Airmen unload a satellite system from an Air Force C-5M Super Galaxy at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., June 2, 2022. U.S. Space Force / Walter Talens By Marcus Weisgerber, Published by Defense One, 1 November 2022 The newest service’s acquisition chief also calls for more fixed-price contracts and
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 1 November - REUTERS/Steve Nesius By Leah Crane, Published by New Scientist, 1 November 2022 After a long hiatus, SpaceX’s enormous Falcon Heavy rocket has launched for the fourth time, carrying two secretive satellites from the US Space Force
By Colin Demarest,Published by C4ISRNET, 31 October 2022 WASHINGTON — The U.S. said it will send Ukraine satellite communications antennas that can work without Elon Musk’s Starlink network to assist the battered country in its fight against Russia. The four antennas, to be taken from the Department of Defense’s own
Rendering of SpaceLink's data relay network in space. Credit: SpaceLink By Debra Werner, Published by SpaceNews, 31 October 2022 SAN FRANCISCO – Barring last-minute offers from potential buyers or investors, SpaceLink, a startup developing a space-relay constellation, will wind down its operations. Australia’s Electro Optic Systems Holdings Ltd., SpaceLink’s parent
By Stephen Chen, Published by Business Insider, 28 October 2022 A nuclear blast in near space could create a radioactive cloud over an area as big as New York state, crippling or destroying satellites in near-Earth orbit, according to a new computer simulation conducted by a team of Chinese military
