September 2025
Why the global space sector needs urgent regulation
... on the cusp of the second great Space Age - a space race led this time not by a Cold War military arms race but by a rapidly emerging global commercial space sector. This private sector space race is creating...
04 September 2017
Secret spaceplane set for another launch
... will hitch a lift on a Falcon 9 rocket, showing that SpaceX is surpassing its private space company roots to multitask as a military launch provider too - a contract that is no doubt a big deal and a very profitable one for this advancing...
27 November 2019
Russia launches secret space surveillance satellite
A top secret Russian military satellite designed to monitor other satellites in space was launched into orbit on Monday onboard a modified Soyuz rocket, ...
18 May 2020
Mystery US X-37B spaceplane makes its sixth flight
... days longer than expected and was shrouded in mystery from start to finish. This time around, the US military have released more details on the flight stating mission objectives are not as sensitive as past launches. Packed...
July 2019
Lessons from our first race to the Moon
...were largely the same as the ICBMs required by the military. Agreement to build a rocket somewhat more powerful than ... the early 1960s this synergy between human spaceflight and military technologies began to unravel. Korolev had championed the use...
August 2016
High-resolution Earth observation data is changing the character of war
... anyone able to wield it, though that power is exponentially enhanced when combined with diplomatic, economic and traditional military power (land, sea and air power). The spacepower attribute of perspective allows satellites in orbit above Earth...
