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Techdirt
April 21, 2018
This week in 2008, the threat to privacy was the DHS's domestic spy satellites — but more was happening on the copyright front, such as J. K. Rowling trying to use emotional appeals to block a Harry Potter guidebook and push silly legal theories like the idea that spoilers are copyright infringement.
Breaking Defense
April 18, 2018
The original Request For Information (RFI) for ESBMC2 makes clearer how close the system's ties are to the National Reconnaissance Office, secretive builder and operator of America's spy satellites, and to what is now known as the National Space Defense Center, formerly called JICSpOC. It notes thatÃÂ ...
ABC10.com KXTV
April 17, 2018
GuardTop initially worked with the military and used CoolSeal on aircrafts to conceal them from spy satellites using infrared cameras, according to the Washington Post. The pilot project applied CoolSeal to one neighborhood street in each of the city's 15 council districts, according to KABC. The catch?
The Guardian
April 15, 2018
Space war is inevitable because today's modern militaries use space for everything, from spy satellites to a soldier on a mountaintop using satnav to figure out exactly where he or she is. “The reliance upon space is truly extraordinary in contemporary conflict,” says Schmitt. And in any war, one side will seekÃÂ ...
Bryan County News
April 13, 2018
Each year, Hal Behnke gets to share stories and reunite with a group of guys who had the challenging task of retrieving (while in midair) film canisters, about the size of a garbage can, that had been ejected from some of the earliest spy satellites. He belonged to a top secret Air Force unit in Hawaii -- 6594thÃÂ ...
Herald Sun
April 12, 2018
The United States has had its trouble with spy satellites, too. USA-193 was launched for the US National Reconnaissance Office in December 2006 but almost immediately the NRO lost control. Over time, its erratic orbit became a terminal descent, and the US government decided to take it down. It's notÃÂ ...
Coastal Courier
April 11, 2018
Each year, Hal Behnke gets to share stories and reunite with a group of guys who had the challenging task of retrieving (while in midair) film canisters, about the size of a garbage can, that had been ejected from some of the earliest spy satellites. He belonged to a top secret Air Force unit in Hawaii -- 6594thÃÂ ...
Breaking Defense
April 11, 2018
Instead of building a series of two, four or six satellites all using the same technology, Calvelli told me the builder and operator of the nation's spy satellites budgets for them in separate line items and builds new software or sensors or other subsystems. I wanted to make sure the NRO approach was notÃÂ ...
Spaceflight Now
April 11, 2018
Five previous Chinese launches in 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014 carried similar triplets of satellites into orbit under the Yaogan name, which is likely a codename for the country's military spy satellites. All of the earlier missions used Long March 4C rockets launched from Jiuquan to place satellite triplets intoÃÂ ...
Gizmodo
April 10, 2018
The loss of a multi-billion-dollar satellite this past January is being attributed to engineering and testing errors made by aerospace and defense firm Northrop Grumman Corporation, according to a recently concluded investigation. As the Wall Street Journal reports, a payload adapter modified by NorthropÃÂ ...
Korea Times
April 10, 2018
But as the administration has failed to proceed with the project as planned, concerns are growing about further delays to the project. The defense ministry earlier said it would deploy the military satellites in 2021 and operate five spy satellites by 2023. The project is worth 1 trillion won ($933 million).
Spaceflight Now
April 9, 2018
Launches of U.S. government spy satellites are typically acknowledged by the National Reconnaissance Office, and the military usually releases limited information about its space missions. A Northrop Grumman spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment Monday on the Wall Street JournalÃÂ ...
Bloomberg Government (blog)
April 4, 2018
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) released a draft request for proposal for the Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket, or RASR, program to boost “tiny” spy satellites into orbit. The NRO, which ovesees designing, building, launching, and maintaining America's intelligence satellites, is seekingÃÂ ...
Spaceflight Now
April 2, 2018
A small spacecraft built for the Russian military lifted off Thursday on top of a modified Soyuz booster, beginning a mission to reportedly test a compact Earth-imaging platform that could be used on future spy satellites. The lightweight payload rode a Soyuz 2-1v rocket into orbit from the PlesetskÃÂ ...
Space.com
March 28, 2018
Langbroek, who tracks spy satellites and writes the blog SatTrackCam, has been posting re-entry predictions for Tiangong-1 since March 13, 2017. "We should not overdramatize the dangers," he said. An artist's illustration of China's Tiangong-1 space lab in Earth orbit. The 9.4-ton spacecraft is scheduledÃÂ ...
Daily Signal
March 27, 2018
With its constellation of spy satellites and other reconnaissance assets, NATO would notice Russia internally reinforcing its military forces on a scale required to mount a successful land invasion of the Baltics, thereby betraying the element of surprise. In contrast, with three mechanized divisions along theÃÂ ...
Futurism
March 27, 2018
Yet fake meteor showers could still impact spy satellites, which are not tracked and can dip as low as 158 miles. Low-earth orbit (that is, anything under 2,000 km (1,200 miles) from the Earth's surface) is also slated to become a lot busier in the coming years, Seitzer told Buzzfeed. Indeed, there are plans inÃÂ ...
CNN
March 16, 2018
The NRO, a relatively unknown intelligence agency, runs American spy satellites and falls under the Department of Defense. Public federal court records do not show that Weed was criminally charged, and CNN was unable to reach him. The NRO declined to comment about potential damage from theÃÂ ...
KJZZ
March 8, 2018
Adding a heavy lifter to its stable of small and medium commercial and defense rockets will enable Orbital to compete in a new market, one that handles higher orbiting communications satellites, heavier spy satellites and, potentially, human missions to space. Employing 200 engineers and technicians inÃÂ ...
ThePrint
March 6, 2018
Barely 125 km from the Line of Actual Control, Ngari station gives China the capability to identify all Indian spy satellites over Tibet. New Delhi: An advanced satellite centre China has built in Tibet, barely 125 km from the Line of Actual Control (LAC), could be used to track, blind and potentially even destroyÃÂ ...
The Intercept
March 1, 2018
The base – a “ground station” from which spy satellites are operated – used its surveillance technology to home in on calls associated with Thuraya satellite phones, which are often used in remote parts of the world where there is no access to conventional cellphone or landline networks. “We worked withÃÂ ...
Spaceflight Now
February 24, 2018
The Japanese surveillance fleet includes a mix of optical and radar spy satellites. The radar-equipped craft, including a satellite launched last year, can peer through clouds and darkness to collect all-weather reconnaissance imagery. Japan began the reconnaissance satellite program in 1998 in responseÃÂ ...
Sputnik International
February 20, 2018
The US Air Force is about to abandon expensive surveillance aircrafts and satellites, opting for an information network out of concerns over Russia's and China's increased space capabilities. The United States has decided to ditch a $7 billion surveillance aircraft program in favor of an information networkÃÂ ...
KKTV 11 News
February 19, 2018
Their mission is to ferret out threats to military and spy satellites and take actions to keep American interests safe in orbit. "It's that big transition point," the center's director, Col. Todd Brost, told The Gazette. The National Space Defense Center at Schriever Air Force Base has moved beyond war games, withÃÂ ...
Popular Mechanics
February 15, 2018
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. The capability would seriously jeopardize the U.S. fleet, including Global Positioning System satellites, military and civilian communications satellites, and spy satellites. But would either country use them? And if they did, would they risk even greater damage toÃÂ ...
Quartz
February 5, 2018
When SpaceX was competing to fly cargo to the International Space Station, Musk mocked his rival's rockets. Vying to launch spy satellites, SpaceX sued the US Air Force for a chance to bid on classified launches. Plotting a satellite internet constellation, he promised a network “an order of magnitude” moreÃÂ ...
SpaceNews
December 31, 1999
WASHINGTON — An online advertisement titled “Think big, take risks, innovate!” is not a self-help seminar but a call to entrepreneurs to come do business with the National Reconnaissance Office. The NRO, whose mission is to design, build and launch classified spy satellites, wants to hear pitches fromÃÂ ...
Deutsche Welle
December 31, 1999
Few people will speak openly about it, but we all know there are spy satellites in space tracking our every move. We also know some satellites are used for military purposes, even though the 1967 Outer Space Treaty forbids the militarization of space. Then there's that other mega "-ization" — theÃÂ ...
East Valley Tribune
December 31, 1999
Orbital currently manufactures small and medium commercial and defense rockets. Adding a heavy lifter will enable Orbital to compete in a new market that handles higher orbiting communications satellites, heavier spy satellites and, potentially, human missions to space. When finished, Orbital's rocket willÃÂ ...
Spaceflight Now
December 31, 1999
The Japanese surveillance fleet includes a mix of optical and radar spy satellites. The radar-equipped craft can peer through clouds and darkness to collect all-weather reconnaissance imagery. Japan began the reconnaissance satellite program in 1998 in response to a North Korean missile test overÃÂ ...
9news.com.au
February 26, 2018
The project, code-named Iceworm, began in 1959 with the construction of buildings deep beneath the snow. Its blue print called for 4000km of tunnels that would enable nuclear missiles to be moved under the ice undetected by Soviet spy satellites. US Army engineers built around 4kms of tunnels beforeÃÂ ...
Spaceflight Now
February 24, 2018
The Japanese surveillance fleet includes a mix of optical and radar spy satellites. The radar-equipped craft, including a satellite launched last year, can peer through clouds and darkness to collect all-weather reconnaissance imagery. Japan began the reconnaissance satellite program in 1998 in responseÃÂ ...
RT
February 21, 2018
Behemoth electronic warfare planes and massive spy satellites are too vulnerable to the far cheaper but state-of-the-art anti-aircraft and anti-satellite missiles being deployed by Russia and China, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said. In a “China or European scenario, JSTARS would not survive,”à...
Sputnik International
February 21, 2018
The US Air Force is about to abandon expensive surveillance aircrafts and satellites, opting for an information network out of concerns over Russia's and China's increased space capabilities. The United States has decided to ditch a $7 billion surveillance aircraft program in favor of an information networkÃÂ ...
Teslarati
February 21, 2018
Slipping beneath the watchful eye of many skilled defense journalists, the government contracting database FPDS.gov indicates that the US Air Force awarded SpaceX more than $20 million in November 2017 to conduct a design study of vertical integration capabilities (VIC). Describing what exactly thisÃÂ ...
KRCC
February 19, 2018
The National Space Defense Center at Schriever Air Force Base is now in full operation. The center was working last year with borrowed troops. It's now running 24 hours a day with a staff of 230. Its mission is to seek out threats to military and spy satellites and take actions to keep American interests safe inÃÂ ...
New York Times
February 19, 2018
A star-crossed mission nearly 20 years in the making that was intended to seek an answer to the most burning, baffling question in astronomy — and perhaps elucidate the fate of the universe — is in danger of being canceled. The Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope, or Wfirst, was being designed toÃÂ ...
Ars Technica
February 19, 2018
The original funds to develop the AR1 were spent by the US military as part of a "Rocket Propulsion System" program to ensure continued access to space for communications and spy satellites. The AR1 funds were paid in part because the military's primary launch provider, United Launch Alliance, neededÃÂ ...
The Coloradoan
February 19, 2018
The Gazette reports that its mission is to ferret out threats to military and spy satellites and take actions to keep American interests safe in orbit. The ultra-secret center operates behind a prison-like double-fence inside Schriever's secure area. While specifics of the unit haven't been released, center directorÃÂ ...
KKTV 11 News
February 19, 2018
Their mission is to ferret out threats to military and spy satellites and take actions to keep American interests safe in orbit. "It's that big transition point," the center's director, Col. Todd Brost, told The Gazette. The National Space Defense Center at Schriever Air Force Base has moved beyond war games, withÃÂ ...
RT
February 19, 2018
Germany seeks new spy satellites to get intel 'independently from US' – report. Published time: 19 Feb, 2018 21:28. Get short URL. Germany seeks new spy satellites to get intel 'independently from US' – report. The inscription 'Bundesnachrichtendienst' ('Federal Intelligence Service', BND) seen on the facade of theÃÂ ...
Astronomy Magazine
February 18, 2018
It doesn't prevent the use of space for military activities, so things like spy satellites and the like are allowed, and it's been generally accepted that defensive operations are allowed as well, Blount says. The treaty doesn't lay down hard and fast rules either — it's not clear what would happen should anyoneÃÂ ...
Telegraph.co.uk
February 8, 2018
France has unveiled plans to boost defence spending by more than a third between 2017 and 2025 in an “unprecedented effort” to meet Nato commitments and modernise its army and nuclear deterrent. Presenting the multi-year military spending plan, the defence ministry said it would pump €295 billionÃÂ ...
SpaceNews
February 8, 2018
The Pentagon would expect the Falcon Heavy to compete for launches of large, expensive spy satellites that now can only be flown by the United Launch Alliance's Delta 4 rocket. SpaceX already has a number of commercial customers lined up, Musk said. “We'll be doing several Falcon Heavy flights perÃÂ ...
New York Times
February 6, 2018
Continue reading the main story. The Falcon Heavy rocket will allow SpaceX to bid on missions for the Air Force for some spy satellites, and it could be useful to NASA for launching large space probes. Continue reading the main story. Advertisement. Continue reading the main story. But Mr. Musk's payloadÃÂ ...
Quartz
February 5, 2018
When SpaceX was competing to fly cargo to the International Space Station, Musk mocked his rival's rockets. Vying to launch spy satellites, SpaceX sued the US Air Force for a chance to bid on classified launches. Plotting a satellite internet constellation, he promised a network “an order of magnitude” moreÃÂ ...
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February 1, 2018
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Asia Times
January 31, 2018
Yet what the Chinese state media won't tout too much is the network of spy satellites that has been prying on rivals, with a new one due to be sent into space this month in one of the three launches in four days. Xinhua said the new satellite, Yaogan, is designed for remote-sensing of land resources.
The Japan Times
January 30, 2018
Selva said North Korea has also become very good at predicting when spy satellites are overhead and adept at camouflaging its missiles. Kim has developed new techniques of getting a missile to a launchpad, so the U.S. and its allies might now get a warning of only about 12 minutes before North KoreaÃÂ ...
Spaceflight Now
January 19, 2018
Four “SBIRS HEO” piggyback sensor packages have launched on classified NRO spy satellites. Two are needed operational at any time. The Air Force has ordered two more SBIRS satellites for launch in 2021 and 2022 to improve coverage, and eventually replace the first two SBIRS geosynchronousÃÂ ...
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