October 2019
Space-based cybersecurity challenges for NATO
... regulations on selling higher resolution data. Missile defence Missile defence relies heavily on early warning capabilities, otherwise known as integrated threat warning and threat assessment (ITW/TA): US space-based infrared sensors detect the hot...
October 2023
Remote sensing by satellite - People’s Republic of China
... large aperture reflector antenna (c. 32 m) after it reached GEO. TJS 2, 5 and 6 [2017, 2020, 2021] are assessed to be for early warning of ballistic missiles. They are sometimes also referred to as Huoyan. The name Huoyan means Fire Eyes, which...
April 2025
Life in the Sun’s atmosphere - the looming threat of solar storms
...the UKSA is leading the European Space Agency’s Vigil mission, which will launch a solar observatory to provide early warnings of hazardous solar storms. Abena Oppong-Asare MP. However, challenges remain. “Serious concern requires serious preparation...
March 2016
From Sanctuary to Battlefield
...and deterrence functions, while space-based assets provide early warning of missile attacks and serve as a crucial component... satellites in geosynchronous orbit - including essential missile warning and communications satellites - are located. The US ...
25 April 2016
Near-Earth asteroid population smaller than thought
... states that if small NEAs are on average darker than previously thought, then early warning systems using optical telescopes will have significantly shorter warning times for potential impacts by an asteroid of equivalent size. As the asteroid that...
October 2018
Developing wearable technologies for space and Earth
... shoes). Sophisticated versions of these devices can provide crucial monitoring of an astronaut’s health as well as providing early warnings of increased physical or mental stresses. Environmental monitoring devices that help ensure crew safety and...
