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Pentagon requests $10.6 billion in funding for Space Development Agency
Oct 07, 2019 (Sputnik)
The Pentagon has requested a total of nearly $11 billion in funding for its controversial US Space Development Agency (SDA) over the next five years, according ...
China launches HD observation satellite
Oct 07, 2019 (XNA)
The satellite, Gaofen-10, was launched aboard a Long March-4C rocket and entered the planned orbit successfully. It was the 314th flight mission of the Long Mar...
Iran to launch three satellites this year
Oct 02, 2019 (Sputnik)
Iran plans to send three satellites into orbit in the next three months, Iran's state TV reported. According to state television, quoting the head of Iran's spa...
Tokyo looks at develop military space capabilities
Oct 02, 2019 (Sputnik)
The latest issue of Japan's Defence White Paper has indicated that the country is planning to "achieve superiority" in new military domains, such as "space, cyb...
Airbus to develop technology for ultra-high-resolution satellites for UK MOD
Sep 23, 2019 (SPX)
Called "Oberon" the project will see Airbus develop the technologies that could lead to an in-orbit demonstration in 2022 and potentially an operational capabil...
India boosting military forces to combat cyber and space warfare
Sep 23, 2019 (Sputnik)
Over the past few months, the Indian leadership has touched upon a number of defence issues including: first, the establishment of the Defence Space Agency (DSA...
Schriever Wargame Concludes
Sep 16, 2019 (SPX)
This particular iteration of the wargame was centered on the following objectives: (1) Inform people, processes, and technologies to advance USSPACECOM's joint/...
Improving lives, maximizing taxpayer dollars with dual-use space capabilities
Sep 13, 2019 (AFNS)
While the U.S. Air Force - Space and Missile Systems Center's infrared "eye-in-the-sky" missile warning system might not seem like it could be the next GPS in t...
Indian Moon probe's failure won't stop an Asian space race that threatens regional security
Sep 11, 2019 (The Conversation)
Chandrayaan-2 adds to the list of India's recent accomplishments in space. This probe was sent on a scientific mission, but India's achievements in space includ...
US faces 'Sputnik Moment' of challenge for Space Command
Sep 10, 2019 (Sputnik)
"In my view, it's not an overstatement to say that we are at another Sputnik moment and you could argue that the stakes are much higher than they were in the la...
US Space Command Recognizes Establishment
Sep 10, 2019 (SPX)
Following the formal establishment ceremony in the White House Rose Garden on August 29th, this latest ceremony provided an opportunity for the Soldiers, Sailor...
Kleos Participation accepted by USAF Accelerator Program
Sep 09, 2019 (SPX)
The newly appointed VP of Business Development for the program, Danny McGrane, will represent Kleos Space in the 12-weeks, semi-residential program located in C...
Putin rebukes officials over space delays
Sep 06, 2019 (AFP)
The Vostochny cosmodrome was originally supposed to be running manned launches from last year but the grand project has been consistently behind schedule. At a ...
Image of Iran's Rocket Failure Tweeted by Trump Claimed to be Taken by US Top-Secretive Spy Satellite
Sep 04, 2019 (Sputnik)
President Donald Trump tweeted out a now-viral image from what appeared to be a highly-classified intelligence briefing to deny US involvement in a "catastrophi...
Combined Force Space Component Command Established at Vandenberg AFB
Sep 04, 2019 (AFNS)
Raymond appointed Maj. Gen. Stephen N. Whiting as CFSCC Commander, and Brig. Gen. Matthew W. Davidson as the Deputy Commander; with a mission to plan, integrate...
Risk of Further Militarisation of Space Larger Than It Has Been For Many Years - Prof
Sep 04, 2019 (Sputnik)
"It's a big deal", the US president said at the White House's Rose Garden, adding that it would help "defend America's vital interests in space, the next warfig...
New Combatant Commander Begins Organizing Space
Sep 04, 2019 (AFNS)
Combined Force Space Component Command and Joint Task Force Space Defense will focus the planning and execution of global space operations, activities and missi...
US imposes sanctions on Iran space program
Sep 03, 2019 (AFP)
"The United States will not allow Iran to use its space launch program as cover to advance its ballistic missile programs," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said ...
'No one has illusions': Roscosmos head comments on US space militarization
Sep 02, 2019 (Sputnik)
"Slowly but steadily [we are] moving to this. In Roscosmos, no one has illusions about this. Everyone is busy", Rogozin wrote on Twitter. The Russian military h...
Maxar Technologies to supply US Govt with on-demand access to mission-ready satellite imagery
Aug 30, 2019 (SPX)
The contract, which begins September 1, 2019, is valued at $44 million for the base year and includes three option years at the same value that would extend the...
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