Razor wire and CCTV protect the Menwith Hill US Spy Base Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Press Release, 25 October 2026 Campaigners staged a demonstration outside RAF Menwith Hill today, to call for the closure of the largest US spy base in the world outside of the US. Sited in Yorkshire,
A man offers residents in Kherson, Ukraine, the use of his Starlink internet after a Russian strike. Image:BBC By Tiffany Wertheimer, Published by The BBC, 25 October 2026 Ukraine is in desperate need of a new satellite internet service, but a fast and reliable alternative to Elon Musk's Starlink network
Dawn Aerospace's 5m-long Aurora spaceplane could carry a load of up to 15kg By George Thorpe, Published by The BBC, 20 October 2026 Spaceplanes could take off on regular and possibly daily flights from Cornwall following an agreement. Space transport firm Dawn Aerospace and Spaceport Cornwall have signed a Memorandum
By Jasper Jolly, Published by The Guardian, 16 October 2026 Guillaume Faury writes to Andy Burnham warning him against choosing US firm Lockheed Martin to build Skynet satellites The boss of Airbus has told Andy Burnham that choosing its US rival Lockheed Martin to manufacture military satellites could cost the
An artist's impression of ClearSpace-1 capturing a rocket piece in space. (Image credit: ClearSpace SA) By Jason Rainbow, Published by Space News, 15 October 2026 TAMPA, Fla. — The UK Space Agency has picked Luxembourg-headquartered ClearSpace’s British unit as prime contractor for a 2029 mission aiming to de-orbit two defunct
A Ukrainian serviceman stands next to the antenna of the Starlink satellite-based broadband system in Bakhmut on February 9, 2023. YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images By Lisi Niesner, Published by MSN, 15 October 2026 WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Wednesday that Elon Musk's SpaceX had restricted "military-grade"
By Paul Evans, Published by The Tenby Observer, 13 October 2026 Anti space-wars radar campaigners have called for public debate with Pembrokeshire MP Henry Tufnell Anti space-wars radar campaigners have challenged Pembrokeshire MP Henry Tufnell to a public debate following social media spat, where they have accused the Labour politician
Current air-defence systems include the Sky Sabre but defence chiefs have warned more is needed By Jonathan Beale, Published by The BBC, 6 October 2026 America and Israel's war with Iran has shown that even the world's most sophisticated air defences can be overwhelmed by enemy missiles and drones, if
