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 Jon Gertner, Published by The New York Times Magazine, 8 November 2023 Inside the highly secretive military branch responsible for protecting American interests in a vulnerable new domain. What’s most concerning isn’t the swarm of satellites but the types. “We know that there are kinetic kill vehicles,” Lerch said
By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 8 November 2023 WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic will reduce the frequency of flights of its current suborbital vehicle and stop them entirely by mid-2024 as it concentrates resources on the next generation of vehicles. In a Nov. 8 earnings call, company executives said flights
Artist's impression of an RFA rocket in flight. Image credit: RFA From: UK Space Agency, Published by gov.uk, 8 November 2023 Satellite launch company RFA UK (Rocket Factory Ltd) has received £3.5 million to support its plans to launch from SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands. The funding was awarded
European companies already have concepts that could feature in the capsule competition By Jonathan Amos, Published by the BBC, 7 November 2023 A robotic capsule to carry cargo to and from the International Space Station is to be developed under a competition run by the European Space Agency. It's anticipated
By Sibu Kumar Tripathi, Published by India Today, 7 November 2023 The mission is part of Nasa's Artemis program, which seeks to return humans to the lunar surface and establish a sustainable presence there. The Peregrine Mission One aims to land on the Moon in early 2024 The mission is
By Andrew Falle, Ewan Wright, Published by The Conversation, 7 November 2023 As the number of satellites in orbit increase, so will the possibilities of space debris. There are currently 8,000 satellites in orbit, but hundreds of thousands more are being proposed. In September 2021, Rwanda announced that it was planning
By Bruce Gagnon, Published on Organising Notes, 7 November 2023 Yesterday twelve people from across the state gathered outside of the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland for a protest during the lunch hour of the Maine Space Conference. About 200 people attended the conference which was intended to
LeoLabs’ Rendezvous and Proximity Dashboard shows one approach made by Cosmos-2562 to Resurs-P3 (left), eventually coming into proximity (right). For almost a year, the objects appeared to maneuver one to two times a week based on in-track distance history. Credit: LeoLabs By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 6 November 2023
