The United States should apply the space dominance approach to counter the challenge from China, according to Brandon Weichert, author of “Winning Space: How America Remains a Superpower.” The geopolitical analyst referred to newly leaked Pentagon documents suggesting that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is “probably developing cyber-attack capabilities that will threaten Western satellite systems.” “The [intelligence…
US Should Deploy Space Dominance Measures to Counter China Threat: Analyst
China Developing Systems to Hijack US Satellites: Leaked Pentagon Document
China’s communist regime is likely developing cyberweapons capable of hijacking U.S. satellite systems during a war, according to newly leaked Pentagon documents. Among the recent trove of top secret Pentagon files allegedly leaked by an Air National Guardsman this year is one document that suggests that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which rules China as…
Launch of New Satellites to Boost Australia’s Air Traffic Control
The first batch of Australia’s air traffic management satellites (ATM) will soon be launched on a SpaceX rocket as part of a project to improve the communication and surveillance of the country’s aviation activity. The satellites are created under the collaboration of Australian space services company Skykraft, a spin-off from The University of New South…
SpaceX Gets US Approval to Deploy up to 7,500 Satellites
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Thursday it approved SpaceX’s bid to deploy up to 7,500 satellites, but put on hold some other decisions. SpaceX’s Starlink, a fast-growing network of more than 3,500 satellites in low-Earth orbit, has tens of thousands of users in the United States so far, with consumers paying at…
Russia Warns West: We Can Target Your Commercial Satellites
LONDON—A senior Russian foreign ministry official said that commercial satellites from the United States and its allies could become legitimate targets for Russia if they were involved in the war in Ukraine. Russia, which in 1957 launched Sputnik 1, the first manmade satellite, into space and in 1961 put the first man in outer space,…
China, Russia Could Launch ‘Space Pearl Harbor’ on Aging US Satellites: Expert
The United States is not prepared for strategic space competition against a united China and Russia, according to one expert. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is nearing technological parity with the United States in key space domains, according to Brandon Weichert, an independent geopolitical analyst. That means that it will soon threaten the United States’…
Amazon’s Answer to Elon Musk’s Starlink Gets New Space Ride for 2023 Launch
Amazon.com Inc. said Wednesday that satellites for its Project Kuiper internet program will be launched by the new Vulcan rocket in early 2023. The Jeff Bezos-founded company said in a statement that its first two satellites—Kuipersat-1 and Kuipersat-2—will be launched on the maiden flight of the United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) new Vulcan Centaur rocket early…
Operation Space Clean Up: Researchers Develop Novel Garbage Collection Methods
Australian researchers have set their sights on cleaning up the outer space junkyard orbiting Earth to avoid a chain reaction of self-sustaining debris collisions, using lasers and artificial intelligence technology. Space debris expert Don Kessler, from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), was reported by The Age, as the first to notice that space is…
China-Backed Companies Using Lawfare to Stall Western Satellite Launches, CEO Says
Corporations with backing from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are waging legal warfare to prevent Western companies from deploying new, state-of-the-art communications satellites, according to one CEO. Wireless entrepreneur and Rivada Networks CEO Declan Ganley spoke to NTD, a sister media outlet of Epoch Times, about how China-backed elements within a company Rivada acquired attempted…
Space Regulation Needs to Keep Up with Ever Increasing Traffic
Experts from Australia’s Flinders University are calling for a step up in the regulation of space activities amidst the rapidly evolving commercial use of space and growing reports of space debris found in several places around the globe. In a recent report—titled Low Earth Orbit, Satellite Constellations and Regulation—governments are asked to pay closer attention…
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