Tag: Space

The long-term sustainability of space (ESA)

Space may seem vast, but orbits around Earth are a limited natural resource. Millions of debris fragments now fill these orbits, which threaten any...

(Space) Early combined tests mimic Ariane 6 liftoff (European Space Agency)

Ariane 6 early combined tests at Latesys in Fos-sur-Mer, in France, have simulated the moment of liftoff when the umbilicals separate from the launch...

(Space) TechTank Podcast Episode 16: What we can learn about Mars from the Perseverance exploration (Brookings)

Darrell M. West In February, the latest U.S. rover named Perseverance landed on Mars and began what is expected to be a historic exploration of...

(India/China/Europe/Innovation/Technology/Space) Quantum communications: ISRO makes progress, but China is ahead (ORF)

KARTIK BOMMAKANTI The only downside for India is whether states in the EU find it to be a sufficiently attractive actor with which to collaborate. https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/quantum-communications-isro-makes-progress-but-china-ahead/

(Innovation/Technology/Space/NASA) NASA’s small business picks take on automation in space (TechCrunch)

Devin Coldewey NASA’s SBIR program regularly doles out cash to promising small businesses and research programs, and the lists of awardees is always interesting to sift through....

(Space) America’s next missile warning satellite arrives in Florida (Defense News)

Nathan Strout The fifth geosynchronous satellite in the Space Based Infrared System constellation was recently delivered to Florida ahead of its anticipated May launch date. https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/space/2021/03/29/americas-next-missile-warning-satellite-arrives-in-florida/

(Space) Bluestaq wins $280 million contract for space situational awareness library (Defense News)

Nathan Strout The General Services Administration awarded Bluestaq a $280 million contract to continue work on the U.S. Space Force’s library of space object data,...

(China/Space) China’s commercial space sector shoots for the stars (East Asia Forum)

Brian Waidelich, CNA The past decade has witnessed explosive growth in the number of domestic companies involved in China’s ‘commercial space’ sector. By November 2020,...

(Space) Responsible Behaviour in Outer Space Protects Everyone (Chatham House)

Beyza Unal Outer space is a major investment opportunity and a driver for new technology, but global security is at risk without a shared understanding...

(Space) Project Force: Hypersonic weapons and the new space race (Al Jazeera)

Alex Gatopoulos In the never-ending quest to find weapons that will give a country the power it needs to knock out its adversaries, a new...

(Space) The first drone on Mars shows what the right collaborations make possible (WEF)

Kim Koro 2-way dialogue and strong collaboration between the public and private sectors must happen early and continuously in the development process https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/first-drone-on-mars-and-the-power-of-collaborations/

(Space) Defense Against the Dark Arts in Space: Protecting Space Systems from Counterspace Weapons (CSIS)

Todd Harrison, Kaitlyn Johnson, Makena Young The proliferation of counterspace weapons across the globe often calls into question what can be done to best protect...

(Space) Why countries are desperate to defy the odds and access Mars (WEF)

John Letzing Three countries have reached the Red Planet with missions in the past few weeks. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/why-is-mars-getting-so-crowded/

(USA/Space) Space Force says new anti-jamming upgrade coming in 2022 (Defense News)

The Space and Missile Systems Center completed three virtual tests of a new anti-jamming capability for satellite communications in the final months of 2020,...

(USA/NASA/Space) NASA’s Perseverance rover is about to start searching for life on Mars (MIT Technology Review)

Neel V. Patel If the rover makes a safe landing at Jezero crater, it will begin one of the most ambitious missions NASA has ever...

(USA/Space) Space Operations Command taps LinQuest for support (Defense News)

Nathan Strout Space Operations Command awarded a nearly decade-long $200 million contract for advisory and assistance services to LinQuest, the Department of Defense announced Feb....