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25 October 2008
US Air Force Increases Investment in Satellite Protection Technology
What does the US, Russia and China have in common? Yes, they've all sent a man into space and successfully carried out spacewalks using home-made spaceships, but they have another space-based attribute in common. They are all capable of shooting down satellites in Earth orbit. What's more, all have proven it. So, we know for [...]
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27 August 2008
Cosmonaut Photographed South Ossetia From ISS Shortly After Russian Invasion
During a Russian weather observation campaign, cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko took photographs above the South Ossetia region of Georgia soon after the Russian military action in the area on August 9th. According to NASA's ISS Daily Report, Kononenko was monitoring the "after-effects of border conflict operations in the Caucasus" and his orders from Moscow instructed him [...]
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14 August 2008
Could Conflict in Georgia Block US Access to the Space Station?
The conflict between Georgia and Russia over the disputed region of South Ossetia may have huge consequences for NASA's ability to send astronauts to the International Space Station in the future. The US has criticised the Russian military action, prompting concerns for the future NASA use of the Russian Soyuz space vehicle. This comes at [...]
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12 August 2008
The Chinese "Weather Manipulation Missile" Olympics
One thing is for certain, the Chinese cannot be accused of being subtle when it comes to insuring good weather for the biggest party on Earth. Sounding like a military operation, the Chinese government authorized the use of 1,104 cloud seeding missile launches from 4:00-11:39pm on Friday night to remove the threat of rain ahead [...]
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21 June 2008
Photographer Images Satellites That Do Not Exist
Trevor Paglen is an astrophotographer with a difference… he takes photos of satellites that are not there. Officially "not there", anyway. He spends many nights surveying the skies, waiting for classified spy satellites to pass overhead. When one appears, after researching what is actually out there (which is a hard task, these things are not [...]
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29 May 2008
US Wants to Defend Satellites From Laser Attack
So what do you do if someone fires a powerful laser at your satellite? The optics on the satellite will probably be fried, so you couldn't see who did it. The US military appears to be concerned that this possibility may become a reality. As the US depends more and more on space for communications, [...]
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01 April 2008
So, What Does an Anti-Satellite Weapon Actually Look Like?
In February, the Universe Today followed the sad tale about a dead US satellite called US-193, lifelessly floating around in orbit, possibly threatening the world by dumping hazardous fuel onto a city somewhere. This was the perfect time for the US Navy to launch their Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) into space, smashing US-193 to tiny bits. [...]
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24 March 2008
A Space War would be a Seriously Messy Business
What if there was a Pearl Harbour-like, pre-emptive strike against orbiting satellites? What if our quarrels on the ground spill into space? This is no longer a storyline for the next sci-fi movie, early warning systems are currently being developed to defend satellites, low Earth orbit satellites are being quickly and accurately shot down by [...]
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17 March 2008
Preventing Pearl Harbor in Space
Both China and the United States have recently demonstrated their ability to reach out and destroy satellites from the ground. Since the modern military depends so much on satellites for communications and reconnaissance, you can imagine they're juicy targets in future conflicts. Aviation Week has an interesting article about the US Air Force's strategy to [...]
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