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Hackers could shut down satellites - or turn them into weapons
Feb 14, 2020 (The Conversation)
These new satellites have the potential to revolutionize many aspects of everyday life - from bringing Internet access to remote corners of the globe to monitor...
Iran denies satellite programme has military dimension
Feb 12, 2020 (AFP)
"The subject of satellite launch vehicles and satellites is a civilian matter," Defence Minister Amir Hatami was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA. "We...
Two Russian satellites tailing US spy satellite: Washington
Feb 11, 2020 (AFP)
Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov confirmed that he had received a message from Washington regarding the satellites, adding that "Moscow will respo...
Russian satellites tracking U.S. spy satellite, Space Force chief says
Feb 11, 2020 (UPI)
Kosmos 2542, which was launched in November and split into two separate satellites when it reached earth orbit, is in the same plane as USA 245, a secretive sat...
Air Force's proposed $169 billion budget focuses on 'great power competition,' readiness, establishing Space Force
Feb 11, 2020 (AFNS)
The spending plan for fiscal year 2021 carries a $900 million increase from the previous year. But unlike 2020, funding for 2021 is apportioned differently, wit...
Global Lightning 20 concludes with greatest commercial participation to date
Feb 11, 2020 (SPX)
This year civilian personnel from seven commercial companies affiliated with the Commercial Integration Cell supported the exercise by rapidly identifying, diag...
Patrick AFB in Florida will be first facility renamed under Space Force
Feb 10, 2020 (SPX)
"It's exciting, but it is kind of fast. But it's been good," Brig. Gen. Douglas Schiess said. He said Space Force leadership was making sure "we are an agile se...
Space Wing squadron poised to receive first Space Force weapon system
Feb 10, 2020 (AFNS)
Now imagine being able to pick-up and throw that entire room into a plane and drop it into a deployed location, enabling allied forces to counter attacks in the...
DoD report affirms Space Force's commitment to minimal budget and bureaucracy
Feb 06, 2020 (UPI)
The full report, obtained by Air Force Magazine, emphasizes that Space Force will -- as the legislation that created it requires -- rely primarily on existing m...
Officials provide details on building the Space Force, its structure, and operating imperatives
Feb 06, 2020 (SPX)
In broad terms, the Space Force must ensure the U.S. continues its superiority in space. Getting there, however, demands that the Space Force be "lean and agile...
Orbit Logic supporting SSCI for DARPA Blackjack Pit Boss
Feb 06, 2020 (SPX)
Pit Boss is the computing and encryption hardware and modular software element of Blackjack that is intended to enable tasking, collection, processing, exploita...
US Navy Chief compares hypersonic 'hindsight' to 'Sputnik Moment'
Feb 04, 2020 (Sputnik)
Acting US Navy Secretary Thomas Modly has compared America's delay in developing hypersonic weapons, currently preceded by Russia and China, to the "Sputnik Mom...
Ordinary inspector or nasty foe
Feb 03, 2020 (Sputnik)
A graduate student at Purdue University focusing on astrodynamics, Michael Thompson, tweeted that the Russian inspection satellite Cosmos 2542 recently synchron...
Iran to launch observation satellite in 'coming days'
Feb 01, 2020 (AFP)
Manufacture of the Zafar (Victory in Farsi) satellite "began three years ago with the participation of 80 Iranian scientists," said Morteza Berari, without givi...
Space experts warn against militarization of space, highlight space economy
Jan 31, 2020 (XNA)
The 15th Ilan Ramon international conference was hosted on Tuesday by the Israel Space Agency, a governmental body affiliated with the country's Ministry of Sci...
AFRL satellite departing International Space Station
Jan 30, 2020 (SPX)
VPM was launched on a SpaceX resupply mission to the International Space Station in Dec. 5, 2019 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The primary goal for VPM will be ...
US Space Force seeks civilians to join staff
Jan 29, 2020 (SPX)
"The law passed by Congress and signed by the President directed immediate establishment of the U.S. Space Force and authorized a modest initial staff," said Ge...
Iran doubles down on plans to launch imaging satellites despite US Sanctions, launch failures
Jan 29, 2020 (Sputnik)
Iran is preparing to launch the first of six civilian satellites into orbit in the near future, Information and Communications Technology Minister Mohammad Java...
DARPA scraps 'Phantom Express' space plane project after Boeing withdraws
Jan 27, 2020 (Sputnik)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has scrapped its proposed military spaceplane on Thursday after Boeing withdrew from the Experimental Spacepla...
New Space Force chief visits crew at Cavalier Air Station
Jan 27, 2020 (AFNS)
Cavalier AFS is the only isolated stateside installation in the Air Force. Located 15 miles west of the city of Cavalier, North Dakota, and 15 miles south of th...
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