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Musk warns an armed Starlink invites Russian anti-satellite strikes

The SpaceX chief says keeping Starlink civilian is a debris-risk calculation, and he is making it as Russia's ability to…

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Washington gags New Zealand from describing its own tracking hub

US Space Command has told the New Zealand Defence Force it cannot say what its Auckland space-tracking hub handled, even as the network's Iran war role becomes public.

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SpaceX gets first enhanced view of the military’s orbital catalog

A Space Force data trade has put the government's most precise collision picture in the hands of the largest constellation operator, and the rules that once fenced it off are…

A trailer-mounted satellite jamming terminal on a desert plateau at blue hour, its phased-array panel pointed at the sky

Space Force to hire contractors for its global jammer fleet

The service will bring in industry to maintain and support as many as 56 Remote Modular Terminals spread across undisclosed…

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Space Systems Command ranks China and Russia in a new threat assessment

The command calls China the pacing threat and Russia the acute one, warning that counterspace weapons are already fielded.

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BAE lands a Space Force contract for jam-resistant satellite terminals

The company will demonstrate ultra-compact radio-frequency terminals built to hold a link through jamming, interference and orbital radiation.

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A 1981 Soviet weather satellite shatters again in orbit

A long-dead Soviet weather satellite has fragmented for the second time, scattering debris through an orbital band where wreckage lingers…

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German space chief warns Russian satellites could stalk Starlink

Germany's top space officer says Russian satellites are rehearsing the maneuvers needed to threaten commercial constellations.

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German military gains direct tasking of radar satellites

The Bundeswehr can now point dedicated SAR spacecraft at targets itself under the SPOCK 1 program.

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