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
By Drago Bosnic, Published by Southfront, 28 October 2022 While the militarization of space is certainly not in the interest of the world, the political West keeps pushing for an exponential increase in the deployment of military assets to Earth’s orbit. In recent days, the Russian military has reiterated its
Published by the BBC, 15 October 2022 Elon Musk says his rocket firm SpaceX will continue funding its Starlink internet service in Ukraine, a day after he said it could no longer do so. "The hell with it... Even though Starlink is still losing money & other companies are getting
By Jonathn Beale,Published by the BBC, 6 October 2022 The war in Ukraine has underlined the growing importance of space to armies on the ground. In an interview with the BBC, the head of the US Space Force, General Jay Raymond, describes it as the "first war where commercial space
By Jason Rainbow, Published by SpaceNews, 5 October 2022 An antenna for Starlink, which says its users would also be subjected to harmful interference in the U.S. if a plan to deploy 5G in the 12 GHz band goes ahead. Credit: Starlink TAMPA, Fla. — Plans to use a part
By David Dickenson, Published by Phys.org 15 August 2022 It's one of the stranger sights of the modern Space Age. Recently, we found ourselves under the relatively dark skies of southern Spain. Sure enough, within a few minutes, we caught sight of a chain of flashing "stars" winking in and
By Chris Young, Published by Interesting Engineering, 11 August 2022 And cleaning up the resulting space debris would be like 'collecting bullets'. SpaceX's Starlink mega-constellation is growing at rocket speed. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk recently announced that the private space company expects "over 4,200 Starlink satellites in operation within 18 months", constituting
By Kyle Mizokami, Published by Popular Mechanics, 1 August 2022 The war in Ukraine, like every war, has seen innovation and the rise of new weapon systems.The five-month-old war has elevated drones, rockets, and electronic warfare as new masters of the battlefield.Weapons like HIMARS rocket systems were primed and ready
