The 'Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space' (also known as the 'Global Network' or the 'GN') is an international network of organisations and individuals who are concerned about the militarisation and exploitation of space. When the US Space Force was established in 2019 President Trump said that it marked “a big moment”
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Every October the GN calls for global actions to support "Keep Space for Peace Week"
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By Sakshi Tiwari, Published by The Eurasian Times, 23 September 2022 The US Missile Defense Agency is pursuing anti-hypersonic missile defense on a war footing to combat the exacerbated hypersonic missile threat from Russia and China. In a significant breakthrough toward that end, the Glide Phase Interceptor Program (GPI) has
By Jonathan O'Callaghan, Published by Wired, 23 September 2022 Virgin Orbit will launch satellites from the country for the first time, bringing orbital flight capability to Europe. As early as next month, a modified Boeing 747 jet will fly from Cornwall, the southwestern tip of the United Kingdom, out over
By Naval News Staff, Published by Naval News, 22 September 2022 Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, successfully completed the Systems Requirements Review – Prototype (SRR-P) for the Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI). Raytheon press release GPI is designed to intercept hypersonic weapons in the glide phase of flight,
A drone operator launches a quadcopter to monitor the operation of an evacuation robot during its field testing on September 9, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine. Mykhaylo Palinchak/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images By Jonathan Guyer, Published by Vox, 21 September 2022 How satellites, drones, and AI helped Ukraine’s counter-offensive. As Ukraine
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
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 19 September 2022 Maj. Gen. Schiess: 'We are preparing and posturing for the fight'. Douglas Schiess was appointed Combined Force Space Component Command commander Aug. 22, 2022 NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. Space Operations Command is assigning cybersecurity and intelligence specialists to work
By Jill Lupupa, Published by Sky News, 15 September 2022 The UK Meteor Network gathered more than 200 reports from eye witnesses seeing a meteorite in the sky over Wednesday night. A "brilliant fireball" which lit up the night sky over parts of Britain was space debris, experts say. The
By Matthew Ceith, Published by GiantFreakinRobot, 13 September 2022 A newly launched SpaceX satellite named Blue Walker 3 is likely going to be visibly brighter than any star in the sky. As the 21st Century space race between billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, as well as the United
