Featured in Anti-satelliteBYEmma HelfrichApr 20, 2022ShareThe U.S. Is Done Blowing Up Satellites With Missiles In TestsThe U.S. has made a promise to end destructive direct ascent anti-satellite weapon testing, calling on foreign nations to join them. BYEmma HelfrichApr 20, 2022ShareBYBrett TingleyJun 24, 2021ShareSpace Force Wants Its Operations To Extend To The Expanse Between Traditional Orbits And The MoonAn Air Force Research Laboratory document makes it clear that Space Force will have to contend much farther out in space than it currently is. BYBrett TingleyJun 24, 2021ShareBYBrett TingleyJun 17, 2021ShareChina’s Space Station Is Now Manned As Concerns About Its Space Ambitions GrowThe Shenzhou-12 mission put three astronauts aboard the new Tianhe space station module in a display of just how far China’s space program has come. BYBrett TingleyJun 17, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickApr 6, 2021ShareNew Telescopes Will Help Space Force Watch For Hostile Satellite ActivityCommercially provided daytime-capable telescopes will help give advance warning of attacks on US satellites around the clock. BYThomas NewdickApr 6, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickFeb 4, 2021ShareChina Claims It Has Conducted A New Midcourse Intercept Anti-Ballistic Missile TestChina is developing multiple ballistic missile interceptors, some of which could also double as anti-satellite weapons. BYJoseph TrevithickFeb 4, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMar 14, 2020ShareSpace Force Just Received Its First New Offensive WeaponThis is just one of two acknowledged US “counterspace” capabilities, but there are more in the classified realm. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 14, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareLet’s Talk About That Mysterious Chinese Anti-Ballistic Missile LaunchThe test could be a response to growing regional ballistic missile threats or a cover for anti-satellite weapons development. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickNov 30, 2018ShareRussia Just Launched Five Objects Into Space. One Problem, There Were Supposed To Be FourThe available information suggests that the Russians may have put yet another secretive “killer satellite” into orbit. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 30, 2018ShareBYTyler Rogoway and Ivan VoukadinovOct 8, 2018ShareExclusive: Russian MiG-31 Foxhound Carrying Huge Mystery Missile Emerges Near MoscowThe big rocket is likely to be either a space-launch system or an anti-satellite weapon, and maybe even both. BYTyler Rogoway and Ivan VoukadinovOct 8, 2018ShareBYJoseph TrevithickAug 16, 2018ShareRussia Has Four Potential “Killer Satellites” In Orbit, At Least That We Know AboutThe threat these so-called “space apparatus inspectors” pose is an example of what conflict in space might look like in the future. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 16, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayFeb 28, 2018ShareStrategic Command Boss Makes Case For Satellites Capable Of Tracking Hypersonic VehiclesA previously unknown satellite sensor called the Midcourse Tracking Sensor could target ballistic missiles and discriminate between decoys as well. BYTyler RogowayFeb 28, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 18, 2017ShareJust Remember North Korea Can Destroy Low Earth Orbit For Everyone On A WhimKim Jong Un could use his ballistic missiles to create clouds of orbital debris, destroying US and allied military satellites and much, much more. BYTyler RogowayOct 18, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayJan 5, 2017ShareRussia Tests Another Anti-Satellite Weapon as Battleground Space LoomsJust another reminder that America’s supremacy in space is increasingly unsecured. BYTyler RogowayJan 5, 2017Share
BYEmma HelfrichApr 20, 2022ShareThe U.S. Is Done Blowing Up Satellites With Missiles In TestsThe U.S. has made a promise to end destructive direct ascent anti-satellite weapon testing, calling on foreign nations to join them. BYEmma HelfrichApr 20, 2022Share
BYBrett TingleyJun 24, 2021ShareSpace Force Wants Its Operations To Extend To The Expanse Between Traditional Orbits And The MoonAn Air Force Research Laboratory document makes it clear that Space Force will have to contend much farther out in space than it currently is. BYBrett TingleyJun 24, 2021Share
BYBrett TingleyJun 17, 2021ShareChina’s Space Station Is Now Manned As Concerns About Its Space Ambitions GrowThe Shenzhou-12 mission put three astronauts aboard the new Tianhe space station module in a display of just how far China’s space program has come. BYBrett TingleyJun 17, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickApr 6, 2021ShareNew Telescopes Will Help Space Force Watch For Hostile Satellite ActivityCommercially provided daytime-capable telescopes will help give advance warning of attacks on US satellites around the clock. BYThomas NewdickApr 6, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickFeb 4, 2021ShareChina Claims It Has Conducted A New Midcourse Intercept Anti-Ballistic Missile TestChina is developing multiple ballistic missile interceptors, some of which could also double as anti-satellite weapons. BYJoseph TrevithickFeb 4, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMar 14, 2020ShareSpace Force Just Received Its First New Offensive WeaponThis is just one of two acknowledged US “counterspace” capabilities, but there are more in the classified realm. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 14, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareLet’s Talk About That Mysterious Chinese Anti-Ballistic Missile LaunchThe test could be a response to growing regional ballistic missile threats or a cover for anti-satellite weapons development. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickNov 30, 2018ShareRussia Just Launched Five Objects Into Space. One Problem, There Were Supposed To Be FourThe available information suggests that the Russians may have put yet another secretive “killer satellite” into orbit. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 30, 2018Share
BYTyler Rogoway and Ivan VoukadinovOct 8, 2018ShareExclusive: Russian MiG-31 Foxhound Carrying Huge Mystery Missile Emerges Near MoscowThe big rocket is likely to be either a space-launch system or an anti-satellite weapon, and maybe even both. BYTyler Rogoway and Ivan VoukadinovOct 8, 2018Share
BYJoseph TrevithickAug 16, 2018ShareRussia Has Four Potential “Killer Satellites” In Orbit, At Least That We Know AboutThe threat these so-called “space apparatus inspectors” pose is an example of what conflict in space might look like in the future. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 16, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayFeb 28, 2018ShareStrategic Command Boss Makes Case For Satellites Capable Of Tracking Hypersonic VehiclesA previously unknown satellite sensor called the Midcourse Tracking Sensor could target ballistic missiles and discriminate between decoys as well. BYTyler RogowayFeb 28, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 18, 2017ShareJust Remember North Korea Can Destroy Low Earth Orbit For Everyone On A WhimKim Jong Un could use his ballistic missiles to create clouds of orbital debris, destroying US and allied military satellites and much, much more. BYTyler RogowayOct 18, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayJan 5, 2017ShareRussia Tests Another Anti-Satellite Weapon as Battleground Space LoomsJust another reminder that America’s supremacy in space is increasingly unsecured. BYTyler RogowayJan 5, 2017Share
