NEW DELHI, INDIA -Anti-Satellite Weapons (ASAT) from Mission Shakti during Republic Day Parade at Rajpath, on January 26, 2020 in New Delhi, india. (Photo by Ramesh Pathania/Mint via Getty Images) By Eric Berger, Published by Ars Technica, 16 October 2020 “Any conflict in space will be much slower and more
A rocket’s-eye view shows a stack of SpaceX Starlink satellites just before orbital deployment. (SpaceX Photo) By Morgan Artyukhina, Sputnik News - October 7, 2020 The US Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded two contracts on Monday to build eight satellites for its upcoming infrared missile detection constellation. However,
A composite of long exposure images showing SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellation passing over London earlier this year. Photograph: Stephen Chung/Alamy Live News By Stuart Clark, Published by the Guardian, 12 September 2020 Miniature satellites open up a world of technological possibility. But experts say they degrade the astronomical landscape The
By David Hambling, Published by Forbes, 24 July 2020 The American and British governments have criticized Russia for testing "what would appear to be actual in-orbit anti-satellite weaponry" according to Dr. Christopher Ford, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State. The test involved “nesting doll” or “Matryoshka” satellites stalking an American
By Baxter Dmitry, Published by News Punch, 9 May 2020 Almost every corner of the planet will soon be monitored by video surveillance satellites capable of live-streaming coverage of human activity for “governments and large enterprises”— if Bill Gates gets his way. Microsoft founder Bill Gates is bankrolling a company
The National Reconnaissance Office's sixth and final mission of 2020 launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Dec. 19. (SpaceX) By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 4 May 2020 WASHINGTON: For the first time, Space Command is working with the operator and builder of America’s spy satellites, the
The one-megawatt TEM as proposed in 2010. By Bart Hendrickx, Published by The Space Review, 7 October 2019 There is strong evidence from publicly available sources that a Russian company called KB Arsenal is working on a new type of military satellite equipped with a nuclear power source. Called Ekipazh,
(3DSculptor/Getty Images) (Getty Images/iStockphoto) By Niall Firth, Published by MIT Technology Review, 26 June 2019 Satellites are so crucial that attacking them could be seen as an act of war. The bad news is, it may have already happened. In March, India became only the fourth country in the world—after
