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The Challenge and Opportunity of Reduced Defense Spending in Space
Nov 29, 2012 (SPX)
The government may well be entering an extended period of reduced spending in space-based communications, and a new space architecture that ensures continued Am...
New DOD Space Policy Addresses Safety, Security, Access
Nov 22, 2012 (AFPS)
The new Defense Department space policy, updated to reflect the fast-growing use and sometimes misuse of the space domain, addresses issues of safety, sustainab...
Iran proposes ECO states to jointly build telecom satellites
Nov 13, 2012 (XNA)
Iranian Minister of Communication and Information Technology Reza Taqipour proposed the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) member states to start joint pro...
U.S. cuts risk holes in global spying ops
Nov 01, 2012 (UPI)
Cuts in U.S. spending on global intelligence gathering operations concern security experts, who warn the reductions may prove detrimental to U.S. defense intere...
Photograph of Spy Satellite IGS-1B Captured in Its Final Orbits
Oct 29, 2012 (SPX)
IGS-1B is a Japanese Information Gathering Satellite that was launched on March 28, 2003 together with its companion IGS-1A on board a H2A rocket. Both satellit...
China dismisses reports about anti-satellite missile test
Oct 29, 2012 (XNA)
Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun has dismissed media reports about a planned test launch of an anti-satellite missile in November. "Such reports di...
New Approaches Required for Military Satellite Architecture
Oct 29, 2012 (SPX)
Air Force Magazine has published an excellent article in their October 2012 edition. Titled "Game Changers in Space," the piece is based on an address given by ...
Wegner Leaving Behind A Legacy Of Military Space Development
Oct 22, 2012 (SPX)
Like the phrase "it's a marathon, not a sprint," the five-year-old Operationally Responsive Space Office has focused on the viability, applicability and achieva...
AEDC's newest national space testing asset on its way to mission readiness
Oct 08, 2012 (AFNS)
A project team at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex has successfully completed an initial site acceptance test campaign on Arnold Air Force Base's new,...
China rocket puts Venezuela satellite into orbit
Sep 29, 2012 (AFP)
A Chinese rocket on Saturday successfully launched a Venezuelan earth-observation satellite into orbit, state media said. The satellite, dubbed "Generalissimo F...
China satellites: Science or spying?
Sep 11, 2012 (UPI)
China's proposal to send eight satellites into space to monitor ocean waters surrounding the country could be more about spying, a British scientist says. With ...
TacSat-4 Participates in US Navy Fleet Experiment Trident Warrior
Aug 30, 2012 (SPX)
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's Tactical Satellite-4 successfully completes three weeks of intense testing, June 28, as part of the Navy's annual Trident Warri...
Apollo 11: A giant leap for mankind and Cold War rivalry
Aug 25, 2012 (AFP)
At 9:32 am on July 16, 1969 a 2,900-tonne Saturn V rocket blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying the Columbia lunar command module and th...
Supporting warfighters from space
Aug 21, 2012 (SPX)
Air Force Space Command Vice Commander Lt. Gen. John Hyten spoke at the 15th Annual Space and Missile Defense Conference here Aug. 14 and discussed how the Amer...
Iran's new space center boosts rocket plan
Aug 05, 2012 (UPI)
Iran is reported to be putting the finishing touches on a secret new space center to launch satellites into orbit, a step Western analysts say will move the Isl...
Northrop Grumman and UMBC Cite Progress After Cyber 'Cync' Program's First Year
Aug 03, 2012 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Research Park Corporation recently marked the one-year anniversary of the Cync program,...
Report Calls NASA Essential for National Security
Aug 01, 2012 (SPX)
Maintaining and advancing an international leadership role in space is an essential component of national security for the United States, according to a new rep...
Russia Launches Cluster of Four Satellites
Jul 31, 2012 (RIA Novosti)
Russia's Space Forces launched early on Saturday a Rokot carrier rocket with a Cosmos class military satellite and three civilian satellites on board, spokesman...
ATK Selected To Provide Key Components for DARPA Phoenix Satellite Repurposing Program
Jul 31, 2012 (SPX)
ATK (ATK) announces it has been selected as a key participant to support the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Tactical Technologies Office...
New Report Spotlights Trends and Developments in Outer Space Security
Jul 23, 2012 (SPX)
Secure World Foundation is pleased to announce the release of the executive summary of Space Security 2012, the ninth annual report on developments that have an...
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