September 2024
Liberating access to space
... executive experience and board positions across the UK and US military and private sectors. He is an experienced programme manager and... in the White House and Pentagon, Director of UK Military Operations, and latterly the RAF Deputy Chief and Chief ...
August 2018
Flouting the rules on satellite registrations
... there had been at least 20 cases of deliberate omissions, according to astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell. For example, the Chinese military satellite Kuaizhou-1 and rumoured secret USA satellite PROWLEE 1990-097E were deliberately not registered. The...
July 2019
Aggression in outer space – time for action
...surveillance tracking systems are under the control of national military authorities. This is easily understood since they were ...information does not include its own and allies’ military spacecraft. A few civilian governmental organisations, including...
February 2021
On the nature of spacepower
...(Space Based Infrared System) GEO-5 satellite uses infrared surveillance to provide early missile warning for the US military and is considered one of the nation’s highest priority space programmes. The system includes a combination of satellites and...
October 2024
International space law - the beginning of the end?
... objects, including those that are being used in military space activities, that have been launched into Earth ... satellite(s) in space has emerged as a means of showcasing military space power and capabilities. All of these trends jeopardise the long...
October 2025
High-altitude platforms - the search for an optimised legal framework
... developments will make more intensive use of HAO at atmospheric altitudes hitherto frequented only by occasional research balloons, military aircraft and space vehicles enroute to and returning from outer space. So, while there was little need...
