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Space Security Update #1: March 11, 2009
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| March 11, 2009 |
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| Russia Reportedly Building Anti-Satellite Weapons • China Achieves First Moon Impact with Lunar Probe • STRATCOM Chief Says No Debris Remains from U.S. Satellite Shootdown • China Wins Deal to Launch Satellite for France’s Eutelsat • North Korea Plans for a Satellite Launch • Iran to Send First Iranian Man into Space by 2021 • U.S. and Russian Satellites Collide in Space • Iran Launches Its First Indigenous Satellite into Orbit • A Joint Euro-Indian Telecommunications Satellite Fails in Orbit • White House Calls for a Worldwide Space Weapons Ban • Astra5A Commercial Satellite Drifting Out of Control • SMDC Chief Says Assets in Space Must Be Defended • Air Force Plans Major Developments for Advanced Space Capabilities
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Author(s):
Jenny Shin
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Space Security Update #8: Dec. 18, 2008
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| December 18, 2008 |
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| • U.S. Looking to Speed Up Launch Schedule • Latest DSP Satellite Adrift in GEO • Air Force Scrambling to Find Gap-Filler Satellite for SBIRS Capability • Soyuz Waiver Signed • French Fighter Jet Suggested as Small Satellite Launcher • Germany Joins Spy Satellite Club • Long-Lived Satellites Bad for Business • China's Lunar Mission Progressing Steadily • United States Seeking Enhanced Space Fence • Questions Still Remain About the Domestic Satellite Surveillance Program • Congress Cuts Funding for BASIC Satellites • TSAT to be Postponed • European Union to Use Satellite Data for Military Applications • India Expanding its Space Program |
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Author(s):
Beau Rizzo
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Victoria Samson
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Space Security Update #7: Oct. 10, 2008
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| October 29, 2008 |
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| No Separate Command For AFCYBER • It’s Official: Galileo Can Have Military Users • U.S. Seeking Out Cyber Warriors • Fourth SBIRS Satellite to be Bought • Israel Hoping for Commercial Funding for Its Milsat Programs • TSAT Delayed, Again • SpaceX’s Falcon I Goes Into Orbit • Chinese Astronauts Successfully Perform Spacewalk • Cuba and Venezuela May Join GLONASS • U.S. in Need of Official Space Strategy • India’s Space Program Blasting Off • DoD Decides to Acquire Two Commercial-Class Spy Satellites • Future of the New Cyber Command Uncertain • Leery of the Millennials?
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Author(s):
Beau Rizzo
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Victoria Samson
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Space Security Update #6: Sept. 5, 2008
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| September 5, 2008 |
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| Simplified Model Used for NASA Study on USA-193 • Allard Commission Calls for Combining Black, White Space • Unmanned Spaceplane to be Launched in December • Robotic Arm Delivered for DARPA’s FREND Program • Marines in Space? • Iran Launches Two-Stage Rocket • ITAR Strangling U • Orbit Adjusted for International Space Station • New Air Force Cyber Command Leader Reassigned • Japan Now Allowed to Use Space for Defensive Purposes • Russia’s War with Georgia Included Cyber Attacks • U.S. Seeking Space Radar • India Advances Satellite Navigation System • India’s Lunar Expedition Delayed • China Reported to Plan Next Manned Space Flight This Month • Venezuela to Launch First Satellite |
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Author(s):
Chelsea Dilley
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Victoria Samson
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Space Security Update #5: Aug. 8, 2008
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| August 8, 2008 |
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| SpaceX Suffers Flight Failure of Falcon 1 • AEHF Cost Overrun Prompts Nunn-McCurdy Investigation • $15 Billion TSAT Contract to be Awarded this Winter • Tajikistan Sells Space Tracking Facility to Russia for Debt Forgiveness • France to Push for European Space-Surveillance Network • Air Force Testing Center Held First Space Summit • Pentagon Creates Space and Intelligence Capabilities Office • SBIRS HEO-1 Payload Handed Over to Air Force • Broad Area Surveillance Intelligence Capability to be Procured the NRO • Galileo System: Services, Military Use and Procurement • Competition for Galileo Master 2008 • Think-Tank Claims Australia Needs Space Capabilities • China’s Beidou/Compass System Goals |
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Author(s):
Chelsea Dilley
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Victoria Samson
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Space Security Update #4: June 25, 2008
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| June 25, 2008 |
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| Satellite Sold to Pentagon With Caveat That It Cannot Be Shot Down • Contractors Submit Proposals for Detecting Attacks on Satellites • Military Satellites Tens of Billions of Dollars Over Budget • First Space Development Minister Appointed in Japan • Boeing’s Potential Bid for European Global Satellite Navigation System • China Launches Satellite for Olympic Games • India Creates Integrated Space Cell • France Intends to Double Its Military Space Budget • China Will Attempt Space Walk |
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Author(s):
Chelsea Dilley
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Space Security Update #3: May 21, 2008
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| May 21, 2008 |
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| Japan’s Parliament OKs Move Toward Military Use of Space • Debris Still Around from ASAT Tests • Chilton Calls for Increased Sharing of Satellite Information • U.S. Initiates Work for New Air-Launched Missile Interceptor • GAO Worries about Lack of National Security Space Strategy • Satellite Networks Necessary for Early Missile Warning Move-Along • ISRO Successfully Launches 10 Satellites • ISRO Says Astronaut Could be a Man or a Woman • Navy Says it is Restricting Nominations to Astronaut Program • Europe’s Galileo Network Continues to Evolve • ESA Asserts GIOVE-A’s Success • Chinese SatNav to be Deployed by 2010 • Army Will Launch Satellites for the First Time in 50 Years
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Space Security Update #2: April 2, 2008
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| April 2, 2008 |
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| USA-193 Was Extremely Unstable • Atlas V Launch Delayed Due to Destruction of USA-193 • Russia and China Announce Draft Treaty Banning Putting Weapons in Space • Air Force Working to Improve Space Situational Awareness • U.S. Air Force Funding Request for Satellites Remains Largely Static • European Union Hesitant about Manned Space Mission • Tehran Provides Information on Satellite Launch • India’s Lunar Mission Delayed Until July • China’s Chang'e-2 Lunar Probe Set for Launch Next Year • China Set to Undertake first Spacewalk in 2008 • Launch Preparations for Second Galileo Space Craft Underway • Contract for Fractionated Satellites Awarded by Pentagon • Europeans Demand More Info on Chinese Sat Nav Program • Space Radar Terminated • Satellite Programs Suffer Due to Overruns and Delays: GAO Official • Space Getting Cluttered |
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Author(s):
Victoria Samson
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Space Security Update #1: Jan. 11, 2008
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| January 11, 2008 |
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| Intelligence Agencies Get Funding for Spy Sats while USAF Must Delay some Space Acquisition • China Launches Ground-based Space Monitoring Project • Russia Launches Final Three GLONASS Satellites |
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Space Security Update #11: Dec. 5, 2007
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| December 5, 2007 |
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| Air Force Officials Concerned About Lack of Space Situational Awareness • Nanosatellites to Improve Space Situational Awareness • First Operational Delta IV Heavy Vehicle Launched • Pressure on New 'Responsive Space' Office to Deliver • Armor Advocates New Space Corps • Space Office to Become More Dependent on Commerical Satellites • Satellites, Climate Change and National Security • India Rapidly Establishing Space Command • New Russian Space Station Set to Be Built Near Chinese Border • Galileo Funding Approved |
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Author(s):
Timothy Barnes
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Victoria Samson
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