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 Nathan Strout, Published by C4ISRNet, 21 December 2021 WASHINGTON — The prototype satellites that will help the U.S. Missile Defense Agency track hypersonic threats have passed a critical design review, meaning the contractors can move forward with manufacturing. The Missile Defense Agency selected L3Harris Technologies and Northrop Grumman in
By George Allison, Published by ukdj, 21 December 2021 Inmarsat is working on a UK Space Agency-funded test project with the European Space Agency, alongside British partners Goonhilly Earth Station Limited and GMVNSL Limited, to deliver the first UK-generated satellite navigation signal. The project provides a potential platform for the
By Alan Marshall, Published by The Conversation, 13 December 2021 Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon Inc and the richest man on Earth, has just launched the third mission of his space tourism business, NS-19. His space company, Blue Origin, sent four more multimillionaire customers into space along with two “space
By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 20 December 2021 DARPA is pursuing a new laser terminal design that would make it easier for government and commercial satellites to exchange data WASHINGTON — Mynaric has been selected to participate in a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program to develop next-generation
By Breaking Defense, 20 December 2021 While the GEO-based Space-Based Infrared System continues to serve US missile-warning needs, emerging threats and an increasingly contested space environment may benefit from a layered architecture in multiple orbits. There are several major trends today in space-based early warning/missile warning. The first is the
By Nathan Strout, Published by C4ISRNet, 17 December 2021 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force has awarded Raytheon Technologies a $67 million contract to test a prototype weather system the company designed for the service, the American firm announced Dec. 15. The Space Force initially selected Raytheon Intelligence & Space
By Evelyn Janeidy Arevalo, Published by Tesmanian, 16 December 2021 On December 15, NASA announced that SpaceX submitted a new proposal to build a Starship launch site at Launch Complex-49 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Previously, SpaceX officials mentioned plans to build a Starship launch tower at historic Launch Complex-39A, the
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 15 December 2021 Raytheon is one of three contenders selected by the Space Systems Command in June 2020 to develop space sensor prototypes for the Electro-Optical Infrared Weather System WASHINGTON — Raytheon Technologies received a $67 million contract from the U.S. Space Force to
