By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 9 March 2023 Gen. Dickinson: “A shared understanding” is needed between commercial providers and their customers WASHINGTON — SpaceX’s decision to limit Ukrainian troops’ use of the company’s satellite internet is a cautionary tale for the U.S. military as it grows its reliance on
By Christian Davenport, Published by The Washington Post, 8 March 2023 Ukraine's use of commercial satellites to help repel the Russian invasion has bolstered the U.S. Space Force's interest in exploiting the capabilities of the private sector to develop new technologies for fighting a war in space. But the possible
By Sam Skove, Published by Defense One, 1 March 2023 Portable sat-comm gear feeds drone video to artillery batteries—and more. NEAR BAKHMUT, Ukraine—In a crowded basement just a staircase away from their sleeping quarters, the men and women of Ukraine’s 93rd Brigade “Seneca” drone unit waited for video feed of
By Mark Johnson, Published by ISPreview, 27 February 2023 Elon Musk’s SpaceX will today attempt to launch the first batch of its second generation “V2 Mini” (Bus F9-2) ultrafast broadband satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO), which add a bunch of new features that should help to improve the service
By Jackie Appel, Published by Popular Mechanics, 24 February 2023 How will Elon Musk and SpaceX respond? China is aiming to send thousands of satellites into low-Earth orbit to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink. The satellites will be able to track those in the Starlink mega-constellation, and will secure China a
By Dan Sabbagh, Published by The Guardian, 9 February 2023 A senior Ukrainian presidential aide has reacted with anger after Elon Musk’s SpaceX said it had taken steps to prevent its Starlink satellite communications service from controlling drones, which are critical to Kyiv’s forces in fighting off the Russian invasion.
Published by Sputnik News, 9 February 2023 MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Elon Musk's space company SpaceX has taken steps to prevent Ukraine's armed forces from using the Starlink satellite constellation for controlling and targeting drones as the technology was "never intended to be weaponized," Gwynne Shotwell, the president and chief operating
By Debra Werner, Published by SpaceNews, 23 January 2023 Image: Hurricane Sandy turned west in 2012 before making landfall in New Jersey. Without microwave sensor data, forecasters would have called for the storm to make landfall 24 hours later than it did and to strike Maine. Credit: National Weather Service
