WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has partially declassified some space electronic warfare technologies and exercises, a move seen as critical for enhancing U.S. Space Force training and fostering closer collaboration with allied forces. Col. Christopher Fernengel, director of the Commander’s Action Group at the Space Force’s Space Operations Command, credited the […]
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HELSINKI — China launched its second Yaogan-42 reconnaissance satellite over the weekend, weeks after sending the first such satellite into a similar orbit. A Long March 2D rocket lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 7:45 p.m. Eastern (2334 UTC) April 20. The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation […]
The Global Positioning System (GPS) and other Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) provide critical positioning, navigation and timing services to users across the globe. However, like other electronics-based systems (and despite industry efforts to bolster the security of these technologies) devices receiving a signal from GNSS satellites could be vulnerable […]
Old folk tales suggested that anything lost on Earth magically migrated to the moon: money, cutlery, socks, perhaps even lost love. The philosopher Rene Descartes thought that souls migrated to craters named for them on the moon. The private company Celestis wants to send your ashes there, starting at just […]
WASHINGTON — NASA has approved for development a mission to Saturn’s moon Titan despite a cost that has doubled since the agency selected the mission nearly five years ago. NASA announced April 16 that the Dragonfly mission had passed its confirmation review. Passing the review allows Dragonfly, a nuclear-powered rotorcraft […]
WASHINGTON — The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded BlueHalo a $24.4 million contract to support the lab’s Satellite Assessment Center, an organization that models and analyzes the vulnerabilities of space systems. BlueHalo, a defense contractor based in Arlington, Virginia, specializes in space, directed energy and autonomous systems technologies. The five-year […]
WASHINGTON — Slovenia signed the Artemis Accords outlining best practices for sustainable space exploration April 19, the third European country to do so in five days. Matevž Frangež, state secretary of the ministry of the economy, tourism and sport in the Slovenian government, signed the Accords in a ceremony in […]
WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic will ask shareholders to approve a reverse stock split intended to boost the falling share price of the suborbital spaceflight company. The company released April 18 a proxy statement and notice of its annual meeting, scheduled for June 12. The statement includes the list of proposals […]