Vantor satellites track space objects in ‘blind spots’ inaccessible to military ground sensors

On the left is a non-Earth satellite image of TRACERS-2, a spacecraft that is part of a NASA mission to study how the Sun's energy interacts with Earth's magnetic field, collected in August 2025. Intelligence about the spacecraft’s orientation and velocity helps analysts understand how the object is behaving. Credit:

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The Air Force Research Laboratory is now exploring cislunar space, which is expected to get more congested as more firms and countries invest in space travel to the moon. Their Cislunar Highway Patrol (CHPS) will experiment with space domain awareness beyond Geosynchronous Earth Orbit. AFRL courtesy image

Experts: US Needs Whole-of-Government Approach to Match China in Cislunar

An Air Force Research Laboratory Oracle spacecraft, shown in a conceptual illustration, would observe the region near the Moon and potentially beyond. AFRL By Courtney Albon, Published by Air and Space Forces, 22 October 2025 As the gap between U.S. and China’s space capabilities narrows, national security space experts say

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A Philadelphia company’s obscured support for killing Palestinians with autonomous flying bombs

Image source: Source Security By Jack Pulson, Posted on Substack, 9 October 2025 Philadelphia's Ghost Robotics elevated its exclusive partnership with the Israeli military drone manufacturer RoboTiCan as the company began advertising its usage for bombing indoor Palestinians. The Omer, Israel-based lethal drone manufacturer RoboTiCan's advertisements of its hybrid Rooster

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New Zealanders Get in the Way of the Weaponization of Space

By Deborah Williams, Published by World Beyond War, 8 October 2025 Here is breaking news from my city Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand. The aerospace industry here started with a simple New Zealand-owned rocket site industry in the North Island named RocketLab operating on Māori land on the Mahia Peninsula.

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Space Rapid Capabilities Office to put radars on sats to warn of space-bound threats

GSSAP space domain awareness satellite (Air Force Space Command archive) By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 2 October 2025 The plan is to award two vendors 24-month Direct to Phase II SBIR grants worth $3M each to demo low-cost, low-weight radars on Space Force satellites in geosynchronous Earth orbit.

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3D render of planet Earth viewed from space, with night lights in Europe and sun rising over Asia. Blue hue treatment. Elements from NASA (https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/57000/57752/land_shallow_topo_2048.jpg)

UK Space Agency goes global with 23 new projects

From UK Space Agency, Published by Gov.uk, 30 September 2025 A new batch of 23 projects will strengthen international space partnerships, develop national capabilities and boost economic growth, the UK Space Agency announced today. This is the second round of projects from the successful International Bilateral Fund (IBF), representing a

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US, France step up joint spy satellite moves to counter China in space

Skynet 6 satellite By Joey Roulette and Cassell Bryan-Low, Published by The Print, 30 September 2025 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - France and the United States are planning a second joint mission of coordinated satellite maneuvers in orbit, part of a growing push to sharpen allied spying capabilities as China expands its

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