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Iran conducts new missile tests defying US sanctions

US voices concern on Iran satellite rocket launch

February 3, 2021

The United States on Tuesday voiced concern about Iran's launch of a satellite-carrying rocket, saying the test could boost missile ...

Microsoft cloud computing looks to the stars

October 21, 2020

Microsoft on Tuesday said its Azure cloud computing service is taking to outer space, and will deliver datacenter power to ...

China’s newly-launched satellite to boost surveying, mapping capabilities

July 28, 2020

China's surveying and mapping capabilities will be further boosted with one more high-resolution mapping satellite launched on Saturday. The Ziyuan ...

Lockheed Launches First Smart Satellite Enabling Space Mesh Networking

Israel launches new spy satellite

July 6, 2020

Jerusalem: Israel launched a new reconnaissance satellite early Monday, the defence ministry said, its latest asset to be deployed against ...

Hackers could shut down satellites – or turn them into weapons

US Space Force orders two new ballistic missile early warning satellites

May 21, 2020

Defense contractor Northrop Grumman has received a $2.375 billion contract to build two ballistic missile early warning satellites for the ...

Kleos Space awarded contract on Micro-Satellite Military Utility Project

May 20, 2020

Kleos Space, a space-powered RF reconnaissance data-as-a-service (DaaS) company, has been awarded a contract to prepare Kleos data to be ...

Pandemic delays New Zealand launch of three US Intel satellites

April 9, 2020

Satellite launch company Rocket Lab announced earlier this week it had been forced to delay the launch of three US ...

US Space Force pens $1B in contracts for unjammable modems

April 6, 2020

The US Space Force (USSF) has awarded two $500 million contracts to develop and produce satellite communications modems secure from ...

US Army looks to leverage ‘low Earth orbit’ satellites

March 11, 2020

Constellations of small satellites orbiting close to Earth may provide faster communications and be less vulnerable than traditional ones, defense ...