DefenceTalkIran announced Tuesday it had successfully placed a military satellite in orbit, as talks on reviving a 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and major powers reach a critical stage. “Iran’s second military satellite — named Nour-2 — has been launched into space by the Qassed rocket of the aerospace wing of the Revolutionary Guards and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-says-puts-new-military-satellite-in-orbit-78323/

DefenceTalkRussia’s space agency Roscosmos said Thursday it will be changing its program to prioritize making satellites for military purposes as Moscow becomes increasingly isolated following its invasion of Ukraine. “Our space program, of course, will be adjusted. Firstly, priorities will be set,” Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said in an interview with Russian state TV. “The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-to-prioritize-making-military-satellites-78279/

DefenceTalkIran’s Revolutionary Guards announced they had successfully launched the country’s first military satellite on Wednesday, at a time of fresh tensions with US forces in the Gulf. The United States alleges Iran’s satellite program is a cover for its development of missiles, while the Islamic republic has previously insisted its aerospace activities comply with its […]https://www.defencetalk.com/guards-say-iran-successfully-launches-first-military-satellite-75225/

DefenceTalkA Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket put a military satellite into its designated orbit Friday, a defense ministry spokesman, Col. Alexei Zolotukhin, told RIA Novosti. The satellite separated from the rocket some ten minutes after the liftoff from the Plesetsk space center in northwestern Russia’s Arkhangelsk Region and reached the designated orbit at 3:45 p.m. Moscow time […]https://www.defencetalk.com/soyuz-rocket-takes-military-satellite-to-designated-orbit-63351/

DefenceTalkThe Russian military will add nine advanced communications satellites to its orbital grouping by 2020, a senior military commander said Monday. “By 2020, the orbital grouping of military communications satellites will be strengthened with nine modern satellites,” Maj. Gen. Khalil Arslanov, the chief of the Main Communications Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces, said Monday. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-to-orbit-9-milcom-satellites-by-2020-60835/