by Jeff Foust, Published in SpaceNews, 5 April, 2021 WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin has signed a contract with small launch vehicle developer ABL Space Systems for as many as 58 launches over the next decade, a deal potentially worth several hundred million dollars. The contract, announced April 5, covers up
By Martin Williams, Published by The Herald, 1 April 2021 PLANS for a space centre on Shetland backed by Scotland's largest landowner has been blocked after it was rejected by the nation's historic environment watchdog because it would damage a site of site of "cultural significance". The ambitions to create hundreds
By Jason Rainbow, Published in SpaceNews, 30 March 2021 TAMPA, Fla. — The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has extended a contract to use British operator Inmarsat’s satellites to 2027, expanding the agreement to cover managed services. The contract extension, worth 221 million Australian dollars ($291 million), comes a month after
Published by the Royal Astronomical Society, 29 March 2021 Scientists reported new research results today suggesting that artificial objects in orbit around the Earth are brightening night skies on our planet significantly more than previously understood. The research, accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters,
By EurAsian Times Desk, Published in the EurAsian Times, 27 March 2021 The UK government’s ‘Defense Command Paper 2021’ has outlined its ambitious plans about how it would fight future wars in space and cyberspace. According to the 76-page document published on March 22, the UK will trim the size
By Staff Writers, published by Space Daily, 26 March 2021 Paris (ESA) - As part of its Boost! programme, ESA has signed two new contracts which support UK-based Orbex and Skyrora in their separate proposals for new commercial launch services for small satellites. These services are set to start in
Published in Russia Today, 25 March 2021 After a successful launch, a Russian Soyuz rocket is on its way to low Earth orbit to drop off 36 satellites created by UK firm OneWeb, set to join a “constellation” of small devices designed to expand internet coverage worldwide. Moscow’s space agency
By Kit Klarenberg, an investigative journalist exploring the role of intelligence services in shaping politics and perceptions, Published by Russia Today, 25 March 2021 Space battles are the stuff of science fiction, but recent technological and political developments have done much to make the prospect an ever more likely reality
