WASHINGTON — The National Space Council issued new cybersecurity principles to help defend America’s space systems Sept. 4. According to the White House, Space Policy Directive-5, or SPD-5, will foster practices within the government and commercial space operations to protect space systems from cyberthreats. “From communications to weather monitoring, Americans rely on

In February, Gen. Jay Raymond, the new chief of space operations and the head of U.S. Space Command, publicly stated that two Russian spacecraft were tailing a U.S. satellite. He said that Russia’s behavior was “highly unusual and disturbing.” On April 15, U.S. Space Command announced that Russia tested an anti-satellite weapon. Russia

Russia appears to be working on a new kind of anti-satellite weapon. One that combines tiny, weaponized satellites, a small rocket booster, and a MiG-31 interceptor doubling as the overall system’s first stage. That’s the startling assessment from Bart Hendrickx, who The Space Review described as a “long-time observer of the Russian space program.”

RUSSIAN anti-satellite (ASAT) technology is still “a few years away” from being operational, security experts have claimed after Russia’s latest satellite test. On April 15, Russia risked the ire of America’s Space Force with the launch of a DA-ASAT Nudol interceptor – a direct-ascent anti-satellite mobile missile system. The ASAT system is designed to

A new drive has been launched by the UK Space Agency to fund space-enabled technology and services that can strengthen the NHS response to coronavirus. An initial £2.6m is being made available to fund a number of projects to develop technology to meet the challenges posed by coronavirus as part