DefenceTalkSpaceX is poised to launch an unmanned cargo ship toward the International Space Station Monday, including a super-computer that could direct astronauts on future deep-space missions. The liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Dragon cargo ship, is planned for 12:31 pm (1631 GMT) from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The weather forecast is 70 percent […]https://www.defencetalk.com/spacex-to-launch-super-computer-to-space-70267/

DefenceTalkThe United States has accused Iran of flouting a United Nations Security Council resolution by launching its most advanced satellite-carrying rocket to date. U.S. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert on July 27 said the “provocative act” also violates the “spirit” of Tehran’s 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers. “We consider that to be continued ballistic-missile […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-says-irans-latest-satellite-rocket-test-violates-un-resolutions-70194/

DefenceTalkUS Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten’s statement that Russia and China will soon pose a threat to American spacecraft resembles nothing so much as an attempt to justify the militarization of space by the Pentagon, Russian military expert Konstantin Sivkov told RIA Novosti. The US continues to take steps toward the militarization of space, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/trump-could-reset-star-wars-at-full-throttle-toward-militarization-of-space-68944/

DefenceTalkUS Air Force Gen. John Hyten said that Russia and China are developing their anti-satellite capabilities and will soon pose a threat to the United States in space. Russia and China are developing their anti-satellite capabilities and will soon pose a threat to the United States in space, US Air Force Gen. John Hyten, the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-china-pose-growing-threat-to-us-satellites-warns-hyten-68942/

DefenceTalkThe Lockheed Martin-built SBIRS GEO Flight 3 satellite will provide enhanced missile warning and defense for the U.S. Air Force After a successful evening launch, the third U.S. Air Force Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) GEO satellite is now responding to commands as planned, approximately 37 minutes after lift-off. Built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), […]https://www.defencetalk.com/sbirs-missile-warning-satellite-responding-to-ground-control-68882/

DefenceTalkThe Japanese Ministry of Defense plans to launch the Kirameki-2 satellite that will be one of three military satellites, which will replace the civil analogues that are currently used for communication between Japan’s military units.TOKYO (Sputnik) – The Japanese Ministry of Defense plans to launch its first satellite into orbit on January 24, 2017, to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/japan-to-launch-first-military-communications-satellite-on-january-24-68627/

DefenceTalkAdvanced elements of the Russian Space Surveillance System will be deployed in a number of the country’s regions, including Crimea and the Far East, in the next few years, according to Andrey Ivashina, spokesman for the Russian Aerospace Forces. The next few years will see the deployment of sophisticated complexes of the Russian Space Surveillance […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-to-deploy-new-space-surveillance-system-elements-in-four-regions-68624/

DefenceTalkThe US Air Force’s unmanned X-37B space plane has now spent more than 500 days orbiting the Earth, without statement or explanation.The 29-foot unmanned plane is part of the Air Force’s orbital program. Launched May 20, 2015, it is the program’s fourth flight (hence its other name, OTV-4 for Orbital Test Vehicle-4). The first OTV […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-air-forces-space-plane-has-been-in-orbit-for-500-days-but-why-68377/

DefenceTalkChina launched a new generation rocket on Saturday that will be integral to its ambitious space program. The Long March-7 rocket weighs nearly 600 tons (550,000 kilos) and measures 51 meters (170 feet). The rocket is a new generation carrier rocket with a payload capacity one and a half times greater than their existing rockets. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-launches-new-space-carrier-rocket-67719/

DefenceTalkThe experimental low-cost XS-1 will be able to fly at escape-velocity speeds and catapult 3,000-pound payloads into orbit – and it’ll be able to do it again and again. This week the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) solicited design proposals for a satellite-launching robotic space plane, signaling that development of the futuristic aerospace […]https://www.defencetalk.com/darpa-sets-sights-on-robotic-space-plane-for-next-generation-warfare-67559/