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India Launches Radar Satellite
On 26 April 2012, India successfully launched its remote sensing Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT-1). This success, when viewed along with the successful launch of the first long-range ballistic missile Agni 5 just six days back, speaks volumes about India’s technological growth in recent years. India’s first indigenously made Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT-1) was launched by [...]
Astrium, Spain Plan Radar Satellite Constellation
Astrium Services and Hisdesat, the Spanish government satellite service operator, have signed a framework agreement for a joint technology development project with the aim of establishing a constellation approach for the radar satellites TerraSAR-X and PAZ. The German satellite TerraSAR-X, launched in 2007, reliably delivers high-resolution radar data for versatile applications to worldwide customers. PAZ [...]
Russian Military Orders Missile Early Warning Satellites
The Russian Defense Ministry has signed contracts on the development and construction of satellites capable of detecting launches of ballistic missiles, First Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Sukhorukov said on Thursday. The new missile early warning satellites will be part of a unified aerospace defense network being formed in Russia. “Several military satellites will be launched [...]
Pentagon seeks to maintain satellite export restrictions
Beijing on Friday said it “firmly opposes” a Pentagon report that supported maintaining tight restrictions on exports of satellites and related equipment to China. The Foreign Ministry said the report slanders China by suggesting that the country achieved space exploration through “successful spying”. “The report recommending the maintenance of restrictions on exports to China, which [...]
New ISRO center to control spy satellite launch
The Indian rocket that will carry the 1,850 kg indigenous surveillance satellite – Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) – to the skies this month will be controlled by the new mission control centre at Sriharikota, said a senior official of Indian space agency ISRO. “The second mission control centre was inaugurated by President Pratibha Patil this [...]
USAF and Lockheed Complete Final System Tests For Critical Missile Warning Satellite
Lockheed Martin has completed a major milestone for the U.S. Air Force’s second Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous satellite (GEO-2). The milestone, known as the Final Integrated System Test (FIST), verifies the spacecraft’s performance and functionality in preparation for delivery to the launch site. SBIRS is delivering improved missile warning capabilities for the nation [...]
Turkey Unveils Five-Year Industry Equipment Plan
Turkey’s Undersecretariat for the Defense Industry has disclosed a new five-year strategic plan, which finalizes completion dates for key projects including Turkish-made tanks, aircraft, satellites, destroyers, and helicopters, in a bid to lift the country’s defense industry into a higher league. Altay, the Turkish-made tank project, will be complete by the end of 2015, the [...]
Space Capability Integral to All Military Operation
Space capabilities have become integral to all military operations, the commander of Air Force Space Command told reporters here during a Defense Writers Group breakfast yesterday. “It’s hard to imagine what life was like before we had … GPS providing very accurate targeting capability, military satellite communications providing all the reach-back that’s needed, [and] missile [...]
SBIRS Satellite Exceeding Expectations, USAF Says
The first Space Based Infrared Systems geosynchronous earth orbit satellite, currently undergoing a rigorous operational certification process, is meeting or exceeding performance requirements, and on track to be delivered into operations. Within two months after launch, SBIRS began sharing initial GEO-1 satellite data with technical intelligence mission partners in order to enable early assessments of [...]
