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 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
By Tom O'Connor, Published by Newsweek, 14 December 2021 With China refusing to discuss efforts to limit its nuclear weapons arsenal on Earth, President Joe Biden's administration is hoping to pursue an arms control treaty in outer space involving the People's Republic. Washington and Beijing remain lightyears apart even on
By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 14 December 2021 PARIS — Established satellite operators expressed their frustration at the wave of filings for enormous satellite constellations, arguing nations need to step forward and establish rules to curtail such systems. The best known of such filings is one by the government
By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 11 December 2021 Parsons won a Small Business Innovation Research Phase 3 award for a 'Blackjack Prototype Ground Operations Center' WASHINGTON — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded Parsons a $10.8 million contract to prototype a ground operations center for the agency’s
By James Acton, Published by Defense One, 10 December 2021 Blowing up some satellites causes problems. Blowing up these could cause nuclear war. When Russia blew up an old satellite with a new missile on November 15, it created an expanding cloud of debris that will menace the outer space
By Sean Silcoff, Published by The Globa and Mail, 10 December 2021 The Canadian company is jockeying with SpaceX, Amazon and Telesat for room in orbit for tens of thousands of new machines. Critics say the space race could come at a cost on Earth A Canadian space startup has
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 8 December 2021 WASHINGTON: Space Force today launched two experimental satellites carrying payloads designed to detect nuclear explosions, keep tabs on space objects, monitor the weather and experiment with laser communications, in addition to some other classified capabilities. The mission, dubbed Space Test
By Justin Katz, Published by Breaking Defense, 7 December 2021 WASHINGTON: The Missile Defense Agency today announced it had finished construction and started initial fielding on a key radar program that, once operational, will play an integral role in protecting the homeland from ballistic missiles. The Long Range Discrimination Radar,
