Issue 35
5 November 2021: China hosted the first China-Africa BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) Cooperation Forum in Beijing. Government representatives, industry leaders, and researchers from China, experts and scholars…
Issue 33
24 October 2021: A LM-3B launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center. Open source astronomers report the payload is the Shijian-21 experimental satellite . Official press releases say SJ-21…
Issue 32
5 Oct 2021: There is ongoing research for using radio-frequency data collected by HawkEye 360 satellites to locate GPS interference hotspots. The company has briefed government and commercial…
Issue 30
25 August 2021: An independent satellite observer noted that during the Summer 2021, Kosmos-2542 maneuvered to re-synchronize its orbit with the USA-245 military satellite. The maneuvers resulted in…
Issue 29
18 August 2021: China launched a Long March 4B rocket from Taiyuan with two Tianhui (TH 2-02) radar mapping satellites into orbit. The two satellites will join a…
Issue 27
19 July 2021: China launched a Long March/Chang Zheng 2C rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The launch carried three Yaogan-30 remote sensing satellites and the Tianqi-15…
Issue 27
29 Jul 2021: China launched Long March 2D rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center carrying Tianhui 1-04, the fourth in China’s series of Tianhui 1 Earth observation…
Issue 26
6 July 2021: The Chinese Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) launched their fifth Tianlian 1 series tracking data and relay communications satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch…
Issue 26
Pics o' the week! Ingenuity Flight 9, Pion-NKS, Raptor engines, Chinese ICBM silo imagery, SpaceX imagery and the Nauka MLM-U launch graphic.
Issue 25
21 Jun 2021: In a follow up to the Washington Post article regarding Russia providing Iran with a Kanopus-V earth observation satellite, Bart Hendryx in the Space Review…
Issue 25
27 Jun 2021: Driven by national security concerns and the emergence of China as a significant threat, India is looking to expand its military capabilities in space, according…
Issue 24
Kanopus is a constellation of small remote sensing spacecraft that operate alongside the larger Resurs satellites to form Russia's primary civilian Earth observation system. Both Resurs and Kanopus…
Issue 24
10 Jun 2021: China launched four spacecraft aboard a Long March 2D rocket from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China. Among the payloads was the Beijing-3, a…
Issue 23
24 May 2021: South Korea became the 10th country to sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony in Seoul. 31 May 2021: New Zealand became the 11th country…
Issue 20
8 April 21 : The eastern port city of Ningbo in eastern Zhejiang province has committed a total investment of 20 billion yuan ($3 billion) to establish a…
Issue 16
A 2017 Russian Ministry of Defence photograph appeared to reveal previously unknown Repei-S and Repei-V military satellite projects, with communications and SIGINT missions both discussed as possibilities.
Issue 15
Russia launched its fifth Lotus-S1 ELINT satellite from Plesetsk on 2 February 2021, placing Kosmos-2549 into an approximately 900 km orbit.
Issue 13
China expanded the authority of its Central Military Commission under President Xi, including broader powers to mobilise military and civilian resources in defense of national interests.
Issue 5
Flashback to India’s March 2019 Mission Shakti direct-ascent ASAT test, which intercepted Microsat-R at about 300 km altitude and generated tracked debris.