DefenceTalkForty years after US president Ronald Reagan stunned the nation and world with his “Star Wars” plan to take nuclear competition into outer space, a new battle of the satellites has emerged in the stratosphere. Largely because it far outpaced technology at the time, very little became of Reagan’s March 23, 1983 declaration that the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/reagans-star-wars-at-40-battle-of-the-satellites-79964/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea on Sunday said it has conducted another test for the development of a reconnaissance satellite. The test was carried out on Saturday, the state news agency KCNA said in a two-paragraph report that came just days before presidential elections in South Korea. South Korea’s military has already said it believed this last test […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-claims-another-test-for-developing-reconnaissance-satellite-78307/

DefenceTalkChina has stated the United States is in no position to unilaterally set thresholds for emergency collision after the US rejected the charge its Starlink satellites endangered China’s space station. Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian made the remarks at a daily news briefing on Thursday, saying such rhetoric by the US did not show a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-hits-back-at-us-after-satellite-near-misses-77935/

DefenceTalkUp to 40 SpaceX high-speed internet satellites have been knocked out of orbit by a geomagnetic storm shortly after launch, but pose little threat to Earth as they burn up in the atmosphere, the company said. Geomagnetic storms are caused by ejections of the solar corona into space, resulting in disturbances to the Earth’s upper […]https://www.defencetalk.com/dozens-of-spacex-internet-satellites-lost-to-geomagnetic-storm-77887/

DefenceTalkSwarms of hundreds or thousands of small satellites are increasingly used for bringing data and internet services to Earth. To position, communicate and dispose such large amounts of satellites, Artificial Intelligence is getting increasingly important. To enable a large-scale use of Artificial Intelligence in orbit, RUAG Space, Europe’s leading supplier to the space industry, and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/enabling-artificial-intelligence-on-satellites-77774/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkThe United States on Tuesday voiced concern about Iran’s launch of a satellite-carrying rocket, saying the test could boost missile work at a moment when the two nations are inching back to diplomacy. “The United States remains concerned with Iran’s efforts to development space launch vehicles (SLVs), given these programs’ ability to advance Iran’s ballistic […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-voices-concern-on-iran-satellite-rocket-launch-76740/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkMicrosoft on Tuesday said its Azure cloud computing service is taking to outer space, and will deliver datacenter power to remote spots on Earth in the process. The US technology titan announced partnerships with satellite operators including SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk, as part an “ecosystem” to serve networking needs in orbit as well as […]https://www.defencetalk.com/microsoft-cloud-computing-looks-to-the-stars-76490/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkChina’s surveying and mapping capabilities will be further boosted with one more high-resolution mapping satellite launched on Saturday. The Ziyuan III 03 satellite was sent into orbit by a Long March-4B rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province. It will provide data for the country’s land resources investigation, natural disaster […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinas-newly-launched-satellite-to-boost-surveying-mapping-capabilities-76064/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkJerusalem: Israel launched a new reconnaissance satellite early Monday, the defence ministry said, its latest asset to be deployed against arch-enemy Iran. “The Israel Ministry of Defence and Israel Aerospace Industries have successfully launched the ‘Ofek 16’ reconnaissance satellite” at 4:00 am local time (0100 GMT), the ministry said in a statement. The “electro-optical reconnaissance […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-launches-new-spy-satellite-2-75846/

DefenceTalkDefense contractor Northrop Grumman has received a $2.375 billion contract to build two ballistic missile early warning satellites for the US Space Force. According to the May 18 announcement of contracts by the Pentagon, Northrop Grumman was handed the $2.375 billion contract to build two Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar Space Vehicles, with $70.5 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-space-force-orders-two-new-ballistic-missile-early-warning-satellites-75609/