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Chinese, Russian Anti-Satellite Tech Puts US 'Space Assets at Risk'
Jan 25, 2019 (Sputnik)
The 25-page document, which includes graphics, assessments and projections, notes that Chinese military units have already begun training with anti-satellite mi...
Several EU Member States considering creation of EU Space Forces
Jan 24, 2019 (Sputnik)
"Several member states are considering just now ways to strengthen their defence doctrine to space dimension. They are talking about space forces", Bienkowska s...
China launches two satellites for multispectral imaging
Jan 23, 2019 (XNA)
The satellites have successfully entered their preset orbit, according to the center. The two satellites, part of the Jilin-1 satellite family, were independent...
China 'compressing' technology gains: US intel official
Jan 23, 2019 (AFP)
Reaping the benefits of sending tens of thousands of students and researchers to the United States, and a determined policy to buy and steal US technology, Beij...
Russia wants Sovereign's Eye network to watch 'Any Process on Earth'
Jan 21, 2019 (Sputnik)
Russia's space agency is proposing the creation of a constellation of remote sensing satellites dubbed the Sovereign's Eye ('Gosudarevo Oko'), Roscosmos chief D...
Delta IV-Heavy with US spy satellite launched from California
Jan 21, 2019 (Sputnik)
The classified NROL-71 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office was set for takeoff in early December 2018 but was pushed back several times over technica...
Spy satellite launched after repeated delays
Jan 18, 2019 (UPI)
At 11:10 a.m. Pacific time, the United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket lifted off, carrying a U.S. National Reconnaissance Office satellite into orbit, Un...
France looks to beef up military space capabilities
Jan 16, 2019 (Sputnik)
The National Centre for Space Studies (CNES), the French government space agency, is waiting for French President Emmanuel Macron to make strategic decision on ...
China takes lead in some military tech: Pentagon
Jan 15, 2019 (AFP)
An unclassified report by the Defense Intelligence Agency says Beijing has made enormous military strides in recent years, thanks partly to domestic laws forcin...
US says satellite attempt shows Iran threat
Jan 15, 2019 (AFP)
Pompeo renewed his charge that the launch defied UN Security Council resolution 2231 of 2015, which endorsed an international agreement, from which the United S...
Renewed space rivalry between nations ignores a tradition of cooperation
Jan 14, 2019 (The Conversation)
This can be seen in Trump's calls for a unified U.S. Space Command. Or, in China's expansive view of sovereignty and increasingly active space program as seen i...
Soyuz spacecraft assembly to be fully monitored by video cameras
Jan 11, 2019 (Sputnik)
"There was a video recording system that monitored the main assembly sites. Now, it has been installed in three more assembly areas where operations were carrie...
Russian leadership to receive probe results on hole in Soyuz in coming weeks
Jan 11, 2019 (Sputnik)
In late August, the ISS crew experienced an air leakage which appeared to have been caused by a microfracture in the orbital module of the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraf...
U.S. moves to speed military space upgrades under pressure from China, Russia
Jan 09, 2019 (UPI)
Vice President Mike Pence last year announced the U.S. military would create a sixth branch, the Space Force, by 2020 as part of a renewed focus on space explor...
Space Flag prepares Airmen for a real fight
Jan 06, 2019 (SPX)
Space Flag 19-1 took place over the course of two weeks, testing Airmen from the 50th Space Wing and the 460th SW. SF 19-1 also included Airmen from the 27th an...
In space, the US sees a rival in China
Jan 06, 2019 (AFP)
China, whose space effort is run by the People's Liberation Army, today launches more rockets into space than any other country -- 39 last year, compared to 31 ...
New nano-satellite system yields high-res imagery at lower cost
Jan 04, 2019 (UPI)
"This is an invention that completely changes the costs of space exploration, astronomy, aerial photography, and more," Angika Bulbul, a BGU Ph.D. candidate, sa...
Turkey sets up first space agency in hopes of boosting indigenous defense industry
Dec 28, 2018 (XNA)
The Turkey Space Agency was founded to develop strategic plans with short- and long-term goals, which involve the creation of a competitive space and aviation i...
US Aims for Space Supremacy Pose Potential Threats to Russia, China - Ambassador
Dec 27, 2018 (Sputnik)
Washington's aspirations to dominate in military space may potentially pose risks to security of Russia and China, Russian Ambassador to China Andrey Denisov to...
Airbus-built French military Earth observation satellite launched
Dec 24, 2018 (ESA)
CSO will provide very high resolution geo information intelligence to the French Armed Forces to its partners Germany, Belgium and Sweden. The CSO satellites ar...
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