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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NEW DELHI, INDIA -Anti-Satellite Weapons (ASAT) from Mission Shakti during Republic Day Parade at Rajpath, on January 26, 2020 in New Delhi, india. (Photo by Ramesh Pathania/Mint via Getty Images) By Eric Berger, Published by Ars Technica, 16 October 2020 “Any conflict in space will be much slower and more
A rocket’s-eye view shows a stack of SpaceX Starlink satellites just before orbital deployment. (SpaceX Photo) By Morgan Artyukhina, Sputnik News - October 7, 2020 The US Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded two contracts on Monday to build eight satellites for its upcoming infrared missile detection constellation. However,
According to Agnikul Cosmos, the ability to launch from high latitude launch ports is a significant advantage. |Photo: Shutterstock By T E Narasimhan, Published by Business-Standard, 1 October, 2020 The IIT-Madras incubated startup said it is on track to undertake the launch by the end of 2021 Chennai-based small rocket
Image: DARPA By Mike Wall, Space.com - September 30, 2020 DARPA awarded a $14 million task order to help make it happen. The U.S. military aims to get a nuclear thermal rocket up and running, to boost its ability to monitor the goings-on in Earth-moon space. The Defense Advanced Research
Image: Wikipedia By Subrata Ghoshroy, Buletin of Atomic Scientists - 24 September, 2020 The program to develop a missile defense system to protect the United States mainland has existed in one form or another for nearly six decades. Though it was controversial from the beginning and faced nearly unsurmountable technical
A composite of long exposure images showing SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellation passing over London earlier this year. Photograph: Stephen Chung/Alamy Live News By Stuart Clark, Published by the Guardian, 12 September 2020 Miniature satellites open up a world of technological possibility. But experts say they degrade the astronomical landscape The
Image: Detroit Free Press By Eric D. LawrenceDetroit Free Press - 8 August 2020 Mary Little had just finished making a batch of thimbleberry jam, and she had a few things to say about a proposed vertical rocket launch site in the wilds of the Upper Peninsula. “Anything that close
