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 Eric Ralph, Published by Teslarati, 1 March 2022 Three months after announcing its intent, NASA has procured three more Crew Dragon astronaut launches from SpaceX, raising the total number of operational missions the company is contracted to perform from six to nine. NASA announced its plans to award additional
By Jason Rainbow, Published by SpaceNews, 1 March 2022 An artist rendition of a Lockheed Martin-built GPS 3F satellite. Credit: Lockheed Martin TAMPA, Fla. — Lockheed Martin is looking to set up a satellite manufacturing base in the United Kingdom to expand its global space business, the U.S.-based aerospace and
By Courtney Albon, Published by C4ISRNET, 1 March 2022 WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman announced Tuesday they have selected payload providers for their respective segments of the Space Force’s Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared program. Both companies are on contract to build a portion of the first block of
By Jonathan AMos, Science Correspondent, Published by BBC News, 1 March 2022 Artwork: The first Lockheed mission from Shetland will deploy a kind of space tug Construction of a spaceport in the far north of the UK could finally get under way next month after planning permission was granted. Shetland
By Sandra Erwin,Published by Space News, 28 February 2022 Rendering of the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer low Earth orbit constellation. Credit: Northrop Grumman The agency awarded three contracts: $700 million to Lockheed Martin, $692 million to Northrop Grumman and $382 million to York Space for the Transport Layer Tranche
By Nicky Hager, Published by Declassified Australia, 28 February 2022 A ‘morally conflicted’ spying operation on Pacific nations sees Australia and New Zealand running a covert interception and surveillance program against our Pacific island friends. A spying network of satellite surveillance hubs and on-the-ground listening stations is being used by
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 27 February 2022 Satellite image released by Maxar Feb. 27 shows a convoy of Russian military vehicles northeast of Ivankiv, Ukraine, and moving toward Kyiv. Credit: Maxar Technologies Scott Herman, CEO of Cognitive Space: 'You don't get a better opportunity than this to show
By Wendy Whitman Cobb , Professor Strategy and Security Studies - SAASS, Maxwell AFBPublished by Space War, 25 February, 2022 New U.S. sanctions on Russia will encompass Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, according to a speech U.S. President Joe Biden gave on Feb. 24, 2022. In response to these sanctions, the
