Tag: China
The Space Force wants cislunar kit that already works
Two new solicitations will seek commercial spacecraft and autonomous software for the region between Earth and the Moon, with fielding…
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.
Swiss officials suspect China in a hack of space supplier Beyond Gravity
Beyond Gravity, the state-owned Swiss supplier whose hardware flies on Ariane and NASA missions, is now believed to have been…
Could China’s debris be a stratagem rather than an accident
A Space Review essay asks whether three Chinese breakups this year were engineering failures or a quiet counterspace strategy.
China says a tanker satellite refueled BeiDou in orbit
Chinese researchers report a propellant transfer on a BeiDou navigation satellite, a maneuver with clear military implications.
A unanimous Senate vote stretches the telecom blacklist into orbit
Senators moved to extend the country's ban on Chinese network gear to the satellites and earth stations that carry its…