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 Theresa Hitchens,Published by Breaking Defense, 26 May 2022 SSPIDR consists of several small-scale flight experiments that will mature technology needed to build a prototype solar power distribution system. WASHINGTON: Northrop Grumman is nearing the next ground test of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s far-out space-based solar power project, including
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 26 May 2022 Companies that pass a cybersecurity evaluation will be pre-approved so they will no longer require individual evaluations for each contract WASHINGTON — The Space Systems Command on May 26 rolled out a new process to assess the cybersecurity of commercial satellite
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 26 May 2022 General Dynamics' partners in this contract include Iridium, KSAT, Emergent and Raytheon WASHINGTON — General Dynamics Mission Systems won a $324.5 million contract to operate the ground systems and manage network operations of the Space Development Agency’s low Earth orbit constellation,
By Ashish Dangwal, Published by The EurAsian Times, 25 May 2022 Chinese military researchers are reportedly working on methods to disrupt or eliminate SpaceX’s Starlink satellites if they threaten national security. China must acquire the capability to track, monitor, and, if required, kill all Starlink satellites in orbit around the
By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 25 May 2022 LONG BEACH, Calif. — Virgin Orbit expects to perform its first launch from England in late August, pending award of a British launch license, a company executive said May 25. In a speech at Space Tech Expo here, Jim Simpson, chief
By Gareth Corfield, Published by the Daily Telegraph, 25 May 2022 Researchers from Beijing call Starlink a threat to China's national security China needs a “hard kill” weapon to destroy Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites, a state university with close links to the country’s communist regime has said. Researchers from the
By Park Si-soo, Published by SpaceNews, 24 May 2022 SEOUL, South Korea — Leaders of the United States, Japan, India and Australia have agreed to launch a satellite-based initiative to help countries in the Indo-Pacific region track illegal fishing and other suspicious maritime activities. The maritime monitoring pledge is part
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 24 May 2022 The satellite control network includes the ground stations and tracking antennas used by the U.S. military to communicate with its satellites WASHINGTON — The Space Rapid Capabilities Office awarded BlueHalo a $1.4 billion eight-year contract to add communications capacity to the
