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05 July 2010
New Satellite for Monitoring Space Debris To Launch
The U.S. Air Force will launch the first-ever satellite dedicated solely to tracking the positions of other satellites and the thousands of pieces of space debris in Earth orbit. The $500 million Space-Based Space Surveillance satellite, scheduled for a July 8 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, in California, will continuously monitor the "traffic" around [...]
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25 May 2010
Amateur Astronomers Spy on Air Force's Secret Mini Space Plane
The US Air Force's unmanned mini space shuttle has been located and tracked in orbit by a contingent of amateur astronomers, and now you can see the X37-B for yourself. The spaceplane was spotted independently by amateur satellite watchers Greg Roberts of Cape Town, South Africa, and Kevin Fetter of Brockville, Canada, on May 20. [...]
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19 May 2010
What is the Air Force's Secret X-37B Space Plane Doing in Orbit?
Last month's launch of the US Air Force X-37B secret mini space plane has fueled speculation about the real mission of this vehicle and if it could possibly be used for a new type of military weapon. The X-37B launched on April 22, 2010 and has the ability to stay in orbit for up [...]
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06 April 2009
North Korea Rocket Launch “Partial Success”
On Sunday, North Korea carried out its promise of launching a rocket carrying a satellite, as part of their peaceful space program. Naturally, this move has drawn massive international condemnation, prompting US President Barack Obama make a statement in Prague during his European tour. Japan has also reacted angrily, tightening sanctions against the state. Although a [...]
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03 April 2009
North Korea Threatens War if Rocket is Shot Down
Some time between April 4th-8th, North Korea will launch a communications satellite into orbit. Unsurprisingly there is huge scepticism being voiced by Japan, South Korea and the United States that the secretive military nation is in fact carrying out a test-launch of the Taepodong-2 ballistic missile system, mounting a “peaceful” satellite to disguise its real [...]
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22 January 2009
More Top Secret in Space: Inspecting a Crippled Defense Satellite
Two small, covert inspection satellites capable of maneuvering around in geosynchronous orbit are being used by the U.S. Defense Department to inspect a $400 million missile warning satellite that failed in 2008. This is the first time this type of operation has been done, demonstrating a new ability by the U.S. military. [...]
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22 January 2009
Top Secret: What Did That Delta IV Heavy Take into Space?
On Saturday, very little was known about the mammoth payload a Delta IV Heavy was carrying into space. Launching from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the 70 metre-high rocket blasted into the atmosphere with a mystery satellite known only as the NROL-26 mission. As the acronym suggests, the mission was carrying a National Reconnaissance [...]
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19 December 2008
From "Star Wars" to "Sky Wars" in Development of Aircraft-based Anti-Missile Laser
"We remain on track to complete a lethal demonstration in 2009," says an Airborne Laser (ABL) developer. "There's nothing like flaming missile wreckage to show the world the system is viable and that it works." Indeed, and it looks like the initial dreams of having an anti-missile laser system have come one more step closer to [...]
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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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