Falcon 9 launch carrying satellites By Audrey Decker, Published by Defense One, 4 September 2024 Research underway to shift tracking of air and ground targets to more survivable orbiting assets. The Space Force intends to deploy satellites that can track aerial and ground targets at the beginning of the next
Australia hosts the US’s Joint Defence Facility Pine Gap (codename Rainfall) run by the CIA, NSA and Australia’s ASD, located just outside of Alice Springs in Australia’s central desert. Pine Gap hosts the NSA’s XKeyScore surveillance facility used to monitor military, diplomatic, economic communications in countries ranging from the Pacific
New Zealand’s Waihopai satellite interception station is operated by the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) in the Waihopai Valley in New Zealand’s South Island. (Photo: Nicky Hager) By Murray Horton, Published by Covert Action Magazine, 24 August 2024 The news that the Waihopai spy base was going to be built
By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 19 August 2024 The company’s satellite imagery will be used by NATO’s ‘Alliance Persistent Surveillance from Space’ program WASHINGTON — Earth imaging company Planet announced Aug. 19 it has inked a deal with NATO to supply satellite imagery. The contract, signed with NATO’s
Five Eyes concept. Image: Istock By Nicky Hager, Published by Pearls and Irritations, 18 August 2024 A recent intelligence controversy in New Zealand is a telling lesson about how little influence junior parties like New Zealand and Australia have over allied intelligence operations. The issue was raised in an excellent
By George Allison, Published by UK Defence Journal, 17 August 2024 According to a press release from the Ministry of Defence, the UK Space Command has successfully launched its first military satellite, Tyche. This marks a milestone in the country’s effort to boost its space-based Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR)
By Jessica Elgot and Hannah Devlin, Published by The Guardian, 8 August 2024 Ministers say network of 27 radar dishes in Pembrokeshire crucial to defend against ‘increasing belligerence in space’ Plans for a network of radars tracking deep space activity to help protect the UK from “space warfare” are to
DARC technical demonstrator in White Sands, New Mexico From the Ministry of Defence, John Healey MP and Jo Stevens MPPublished by gov.uk, 8 August 2024 And Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) Plans to redevelop Cawdor Barracks in Pembrokeshire, Wales to host a landmark radar initiative have been announced by
