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Cornwall space mission: Satellites prepared for first UK orbital launch

November 9, 2022
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By Jonathan Amos, Published by the BBC, 9 November 2022 They may look like nondescript grey boxes, but they are about to make history. Inside these containers are the nine satellites that will become the first-ever payloads to launch to orbit from the UK. They will go up on a

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Decarbonize the military — mandate emissions reporting

November 2, 2022
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By Mohammad Ali Rajaeifar, Oliver Belcher, Stuart Parkinson, Benjamin Neimark, Doug Weir, Kirstin Ashworth, Reuben Larbi & Oliver Heidrich Published by Nature, 2 November 2022 The world’s militaries are heavy emitters of greenhouse gases. No one knows exactly how much; estimates range between 1% and 5% of global emissions, comparable

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Cornwall: Campaigners protest against first UK space launch

October 29, 2022
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Published by the BBC, 29 October, 2022 Protesters have demonstrated against the first UK satellite launch, at Newquay Airport in Cornwall. Members of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) protested alongside Drone Wars UK on Saturday. They complained over the "billions of pounds" spent on the mission during the cost

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Satellite images reveal deployment of Israeli missile defence system in UAE

October 29, 2022
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Images show the missile defence battery has been stationed near Al-Dhafra air base, south of the capital Abu-Dhabi (Maxar Technologies via Twitter) By Elis Gjevori, Published by Middle East Eye, 29 October 2022 Long sought by Abu Dhabi, particularly after Houthi attacks, deployment is likely to raise concern in Iran

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How Repurposed Global Hawks Will Hugely Accelerate Hypersonic Testing

October 4, 2022
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By Emma Helfrich, Published by The Warzone, 4 October 2022 Dozens of orphaned RQ-4s will become RangeHawks under the SkyRange program to create a massively flexible, high-tempo test range complex. In August of this year, it was finally confirmed that retired Block 20 and Block 30 RQ-4 Global Hawks belonging

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New report raises questions on DoD’s multi-orbit plan for space sensors

September 20, 2022
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Next Gen OPIR polar satellite rendering. Credit: Northrup Grumman By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 20 September 2022 Aerospace: ‘The missile warning and tracking programs will weigh heavily in debates about the future of U.S. space systems’ NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. Space Force in its 2023 budget

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The Fall and Rise of Russian Electronic Warfare

July 30, 2022
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By Bryan Clark, Published by IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2022 The Ukraine invasion has become an old-fashioned slog, enabling Russia to unleash its electronic weapons A month into Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian troops stumbled upon a nondescript shipping container at an abandoned Russian command post outside Kyiv. They did not know

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The United States announces a stop to testing Anti-Satellite Weapons

July 2, 2022
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Credit: janiecbros/Getty Images By Catherine Versfeld, Published by Universe Today, 2 July 2022 The United States Government has declared that it will no longer be performing tests of Anti-Satellite (ASAT) weapons. In a public statement during a visit to the Vandenberg Space Force Base, Vice President Kamala Harris confirmed that

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