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| CDI Policy Brief: India's Space Ambitions |
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May 21, 2008 |
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| While India's space policy has historically centered on civilian and peaceful uses of space, recent global uncertainties and movements toward space weaponization have brought this into question. In the latest CDI policy brief, research assistant Jessica Guiney takes a closer look at India's space capabilities and projects, and assesses their potential for militarization. |
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| Space Security Update #8: August 28, 2007 |
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August 28, 2007 |
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| House Committee Allocates Air Force Space Budget • NPOESS Restructured • Air Force Cleared to Order Third SBIRS Satellite • NRO Deems L-21 Lost • TSAT Battle Heats Up • Microsatellites Gain Attention from ORS, DARPA • China Reveals Averted Disaster with Manned Mission • Air Force, Army Moving Forward with Counterspace Programs |
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| CDI Space Security Update #12: Dec. 1, 2006 |
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December 1, 2006 |
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| Space Radar stymied by NRO, Air Force in-fighting • Space industry estimated to reach $180 billion • United States argues against restricting space actions • SBIRS payload tested • GPS satellite cleared for work • Russian military cancels restrictions on satellite navigation system • Indo–Russian space cooperation agreement signed into law • President of India calls for new space data role • China’s satellite ambitions, woes • China’s Compass network • China: first a new ship, then its own space station • Russian general worries about U.S. space-based missile defense |
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| CDI Space Security Update: June 29, 2006 |
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June 29, 2006 |
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| First West Coast launch for EELV program • China to build Galileo-type satellite system • DARPA microsatellites launched to GEO • China demonstrates lunar communications • Air Force and NRO improve coordination of space assets • Not ruling out space weapons? • Asteroid to miss Earth • New Russian military satellite • Orbital laser communications test a success • Mitsubishi begins development of H-IIB rocket • FALCON drop test of Small Launch Vehicle |
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| Space Security Update #7: June 8, 2006 |
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June 12, 2006 |
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| Chief Pentagon buyer supports space-based missile defense • Laser funding cut from House defense authorization • SpaceX receives DARPA contract • NPOESS staggers on • Galileo already over budget • Tentative settlement for EELV scandal • Defense policy changes could be advantageous to Lockheed Martin • New GPS satellite series delayed • Militarization of Japanese space program? • New director named at Ames Research Center • India to test its re-usable launch vehicles •
Israel launches satellite to spy on Iran • Countries race to map the moon • Russian spacecraft incapacitated by space debris • Nigeria hopes to produce its own satellite • Russia to increase Glonass and double its Soyuz spacecraft • U.S. spy satellites monitoring domestic soil |
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| U.S. Air Force Plans a Laser Test Against a Satellite in FY 07 |
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May 3, 2006 |
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| The U.S. Air Force has requested $5.7 million in funding for fiscal year (FY) 2007 to fire a laser from its Starfire Optical Range in New Mexico at a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite, as part of a program testing and developing “advanced weapons technologies.” Although Air Force officials say there are “no current plans” for developing antisatellite (ASAT) weapons, they have admitted that the laser test would demonstrate ASAT capabilities. The following is a fact sheet on the planned test. |
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| CDI Space Security Update #5 ~ March 23, 2006 |
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March 24, 2006 |
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| MDA downplays Space Test Bed • GLONASS shifting towards consumers • Space and Europe’s security • Smallsats to increase military role • GPS III bids sought starting in April • China to launch nine satellites in 2006 • Gen Lance W. Lord ends tenure as commander of Air Force Space Command • Joint space cooperation between the United States and India |
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| CDI Space Security Update 4.2006 ~ March 3, 2006 |
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March 10, 2006 |
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| NFIRE's kill vehicle is gone again, unless, of course, it's back again • TacSat part of responsive space • ELV-related contract awarded, despite questions about its future • DoD struggles to ensure access to commercial satellites in times of war • "Back-to-basics" for the Air Force? • QDR demands quicker results for space programs • Air Force's "Mirage" designed to reconfigure atmosphere • Will China and EchoStar ignore U.S. trade laws? • Russian expands commercial use of Soyuz-ST to France • China-Japan space race heats up • NASA to launch microsatellites • Boeing seeks large severance package • X PRIZE contest is back |
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| CDI Space Security Update 1.2006 ~ Jan. 5, 2006 |
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January 5, 2006 |
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| First Galileo satellite launched • FY 2006 budget asks for DOD reports on space • TSAT, Space Radar lose funding • Boeing to build 4th and 5th Wideband Gapfiller satellites • General Lord to retire • SBIRS restructured and will face competitor • UCS releases satellite database • Lockheed Martin to build High-Altitude Airship |
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| CDI Space Security Update #11.2005 ~ Nov. 10, 2005 |
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November 10, 2005 |
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| SBX sees sats, sets sail • MDA budget cuts to strike space programs • NASA needs a nickel and a ride (and an accountant) • China to lead space consortium • China announces space agenda • Ditto Russia • Chinese space espionage alleged in U.S., Russia • Iran into orbit • U.S. faces shrinking science advantage: CSIS • U.S., India announce cutting-edge environmental sats • FALCON forges on • Strike sets back sat schedule |
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| CDI Space Security Updates #10.2005 |
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October 26, 2005 |
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| NFIRE may carry a kill vehicle after all • EELV decision delayed a second time • SpaceX sues over EELV competition • GAO criticizes DoD space programs • Wideband Gapfiller to suffer delay…again • NPOESS over budget, to be restructured • Allard reams military space programs • SBIRS payload delivered • Comsat industry to provide “safety net” • Shenzhou success raises hopes, questions • Wanted: Better bandwidth management • Brazil to field first cosmonaut • Retiring Titan • High School Aerospace, Inc.? |
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| The future is coming - will we notice the difference? |
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September 26, 2005 |
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| After 50 years of research and speculation, scramjet engines may soon be able to drive a cruise missile or an aircraft at 10 times the speed of sound. But hype aside, what will we actually do with them? For which tasks will scramjets be the engine of the future, and for which ones will they prove impractical or just plain unnecessary? “The Future is Coming,” writes CDI Research Assistant Haninah Levine – “Will We Notice the Difference?” |
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| CDI Fact Sheet: Questions on U.S. Plans for Space Weaponization |
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August 26, 2005 |
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| Recent press reports and statements by U.S. Air Force officials have raised a number of questions about U.S. plans to “fight in, from and through space.” Does current U.S. military space policy and strategy, led by the Air Force, represent plans for the deployment of space weapons? Does the United States intend to develop destructive antisatellite weapons that would create dangerous space debris? Does the U.S. strategy envision the use of space-based weapons for attacking targets on Earth? Unfortunately, the answers to those questions remain unclear – largely because of discrepancies amongst various sources. The following fact sheet examines a series of the three major questions regarding U.S. military space plans, followed by statements from official sources. |
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| CDI Space Security Updates #7.2005 ~ July 8, 2005 |
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July 7, 2005 |
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| ASAT's • GAO on Pentagon Acquisition Policy • Space Debris • Export Regulations • Galileo project awarded to joint consortia • Russia and China push for treaty banning weapons in space • Member of Congress suggests resuming work on the Space-Based Laser • XM Satellite Radio contemplated for military communications • NASA’s new launch vehicles will recycle shuttle technology • China considering fourth launch site • Russia will stay at Baikonur launch site • China claims Falun Gong sabotaged TV • NASA creates new office to analyze programs • Canada announces new space-based surveillance project • Ukraine to develop space industry • Space tourist to fly to ISS in October |
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| CDI Space Security Update #6.2005 ~ May 27, 2005 |
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May 27, 2005 |
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| New York Times on the upcoming national space policy directive • Russia reacts to rumors of a new U.S. national space policy directive • Kyl pushes for space-based interceptors • Milsat programs losing funding in latest congressional FY 06 budgetary deliberations • GPS launch delayed until at least next month • Joint Space Operations Center opens at Vandenberg • Arnold replaced by Hamel at SMC • European contest offers 50,000 Euros for satellite navigation ideas • India aims to capture 10 percent of global satellite launch market |
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| CDI Space Security Updates #4.2005 ~ April 21, 2005 |
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April 21, 2005 |
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| European Space Debris Conference • Missile Defense Poll • GAO Reports • Hitchens UN Space Security Address in Geneva • XSS-11 launched April 11 • MDA looking at space-based defense • NFIRE may hold flight tests in the next fiscal year • EELV to cost $2 billion more than anticipated • Russian voices opposition to space weaponization • China to export satellite to Nigeria • China launches AsiaSat-6 • China to launch another satellite for Hong Kong firm • U.S. Air Force leaders defend satellite programs |
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| Engaging the Reluctant Superpower: Practical Measures for Ensuring Space Security |
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April 1, 2005 |
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| Address in Geneva by Theresa Hitchens, CDI Vice President and Director, CDI Space Security Project, before a UN Institute for Disarmament Research conference on "Safeguarding Space Security: Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space." Hitchens argues that now is the time for launching concerted and constructive dialogue among the space-faring powers to undertake initiatives that promote cooperation in areas where they have mutual interests – as well as constructive criticism of emergent activities that could threaten the security of global space assets. |
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| CDI Space Security Update #3.2005 |
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March 29, 2005 |
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| SBIRS-High runs into Nunn-McCurdy violations…again • Changes in Air Force leadership • Boeing’s 19-month suspension lifted • Problem for Delta-4 December flight test failure traced to its fuel • XSS-11 launch delayed • Chinese broadcasting satellite temporarily attacked by outside signals • Chinese company signs Galileo contract • China and Russia continue to push for treaty banning space weapons • U.S. won’t shelve possibility of space weapons • MUOS passes preliminary design review • Greatest hazard to space shuttle: debris |
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| Worst-Case Mentality Clouds USAF Space Strategy |
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February 14, 2005 |
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| Theresa Hitchens, CDI Vice President and director of the Space Security Project, argues in Defense News, that the U.S. strategy to counter emerging threats in space is dangerous and misguided. U.S. Air Force policy to ‘assume attack’ when a spacecraft or satellite is damaged would obviously be a recipe for disaster, raising the likelihood of the United States launching an accidental war. |
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| CDI Space Security Update #21.2004 ~ Dec. 1, 2004 |
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December 1, 2004 |
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| Pentagon looking at combining contracts for next-generation military boosters • DoD may revamp how it purchases commercial satellite services • Space News on MDA secrecy • Army striving to increase space advocacy capabilities • Air Force completes report on how it can increase space situational awareness • Russia planning five launches and moon base • Space bedfellows • China to launch lunar probe • India contemplates manned space flight, prepares lunar probe for launch • India teams with Raytheon to enhance satellite navigation system • Europe starting its 30-year space exploration plans • Frequency dispute could cancel Vietnamese satellite program • Teets cuts fourth EHF satellite to proceed with T-Sat |
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| CDI Space Security Update #20.2004 ~ Oct. 27, 2004 |
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October 27, 2004 |
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| Space Debris • Europe and Space • Space Security • Bush administration may review space treaty • SBIRS-High lives on • EELV suspension may be affected by Druyun affair • USAF chief of staff pushes revitalization of SBR • CSRS “stopped” • Boeing reports Wideband Gapfiller program on track • Pentagon increasing available bandwidth • Industry warns excess capacity may not always be there • Cartwright urges U.S. to improve space situational awareness • Dropped satellite due to sloppy work ethic • Space tourism industry shaping up • China signs Galileo agreement • China launches most advanced weather satellite to date • Chinese satellite crash-lands onto house • Brazil’s space program blasts off • Algeria partners with Russia on space exploration • Iran to launch homemade satellite • Arianespace to launch 50 nanosatellites |
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| CDI Space Security Updates #19.2004 ~ Oct. 6, 2004 |
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October 6, 2004 |
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| SpaceShipOne wins Ansari X Prize • Head of X Prize Foundation announces annual competition • Kinetic energy interceptor program delayed • Cartwright to be briefed on space situational awareness • Air Force looking at near-space assets • Congressmen want space sensors deployed sooner • SBIRS-High to be delayed up to two years • Space acquisition chief orders restructuring for Space-Based Radar • Teets interview on space acquisition • Boeing argues Lockheed Martin at fault • Lockheed Martin team wins $2.5 billion SATCOM contract • India to follow-up satellite launches with moon mission • Indian civilian space sector to benefit from lifting of U.S. export restrictions • Russia comes up short on space funding • Russian scientists begin to record potentially dangerous meteors • Former Soviet republics create space corporation • Brazil and Ukraine seek to start commercial spaceport • Experimental satellite for Gaileo being checked over • CSCS is deployed |
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| CDI Space Security Update #18.2004 |
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September 9, 2004 |
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| European space giant cancels plans to bid on Galileo contract • Iran to launch satellite by May • Japan to launch two more spy satellites by 2006 • Israeli launch of spy satellite fails • U.S. Air Force hopes to develop affordable reusable launch vehicles • Visit to China’s Cape Canaveral • Boeing bidding ban may last through end of 2004 • U.S. law may prevent long-term ISS cooperation • Public access to satellite images may be restricted • Small satellites may be the wave of the future |
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| CDI Space Security Update #17.2004 ~ Aug. 30, 2004 |
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August 30, 2004 |
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| Air & Space Power Journal on the Air Force’s role in space • MDA to remove “kill vehicle” sensor from NFIRE • SBR to be restructured • UCS finds Pentagon assessment of Chinese space arms “questionable” • Task force says improvements for space programs, though problems remain • Boeing suspension temporarily lifted • DARPA expands microsat development contract with SpaceDev • India looks to join club of space elite with 2005 launch • Russian diplomat claims U.S. has plans to put weapons in space • Ansari X-Prize competition spurs Canadian company to develop specialized parachute system • EU to double funding for space efforts, cites space research as priority • China and Russia call for treaty banning weapons in space |
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| CDI Space Security Update #16.2004 ~ Aug. 13, 2004 |
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August 17, 2004 |
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| U.S. Space Operations in the International Context: Dwight D. Eisenhower National Security Series workshop report • GAO report on space cadres • SBIRS-High payload delivered • MUOS contractor proposals resubmitted • European satellite navigation system coordinates case study for Summer Olympics • Nuclear reactor to power NASA spacecraft • Orbital debris from observation satellite spotted • China begins work on lunar exploration craft • China seeks international space cooperation • Experts weigh in on Japan ’s space program • U.S.-Russian relations strained over ISS commitments • Da Vinci Project announces launch date with new sponsor on-board • Two Ansari X-Prize competitors suffer major setbacks • New intelligence director will not control TCS budget • Trafton to leave Boeing’s ELS program • Satellite industry in transition attracts private equity firms |
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| CDI Space Security Update #14.2004 ~ July 21, 2004 |
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July 21, 2004 |
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| Commission reports on HANE threat • U.S. and China keep an eye on each other’s space activities • Russian general comments on Russian Space Forces initiatives…stands firm on no nuclear weapons in space • Air Force Gen. Lance Lord comments on the emerging role of offensive counterspace operations • Third flight for NASA’s X-43A aims for Mach 10 • European scientists experiment to track space debris • Pentagon protests proposed cut to MUOS by House and Senate appropriators • …and to Hill cuts in missile defense • …and to Hill cuts to CAV and SBIRS-High • Brazil to launch first space tourist in 2006 • Revisions of DoD space acquisition policy aim to curb creditability problem and improve costs estimates • Burt Rutan speaks about the future of SpaceShipOne and commercial space flight |
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| CDI Space Security Update #13.2004 |
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July 9, 2004 |
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| NFIRE loses funding • Orbital debris addressed by FCC • OMB takes issue with proposed budget cuts to missile defense and DoD space programs • European Satellite Navigation Control Center to open in Italy • DOD Rapid Response Requirements prompt reforms in satellite service acquisition procedures • Key space program mired in confusion, targeted for cancellation • SBSS schedule delays earn cautious reproach from Congress • FY 05 Defense Bill calls for refocus of space programs • Russian-Ukrainian Dnepr rocket lifts international payload to orbit • EELV budget balloons to $31.8 billion • SpaceShipOne flight data reported • Chinese scholars debate lunar probe project • Budget overrun for SBIRS-High confirmed • Air Force Lt. Gen. Norty Schwartz sounds off on the emerging role of space officers |
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| CDI Space Security Update #12.2004 |
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June 24, 2004 |
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| Chinese space law • Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif) takes stand on space weapons • China describes three-step plan to get to the moon • SpaceShipOne becomes first private spaceship despite technical issues • Asian demand for communication links may inspire commercial satellite market • House strips funding for SBR • New U.S. National Security Space Office combines three space organizations • Aldridge commission report released • U.S. military studies protection of commercial satellites • National Security Space Policy update set for late October • Galileo agreement signed between U.S. and EU • Transformational Communications Satellite funding gets slashed |
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| CDI Space Security Update #11.2004 ~ June 3, 2004 |
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June 3, 2004 |
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| First test of ESA space shuttle successful • U.S. National Space Policy under review • Private Japanese company to launch microsat • Canada to launch SSN Satellite • Pentagon to study impact of Galileo on GPS • Common small satellite components to reduce costs • Russia Launches Military Satellite • Top XPrize contender announces plans for first official flight to space • Ion-propelled recovery vehicle could extend satellite lifetimes • Military radio system jams garage-door openers |
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| CDI Space Security Update #10.2004 ~ May 19, 2004 |
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May 19, 2004 |
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| Kinetic Energy Interceptor program (KEI) • Boost Phase Intercept • Transformational SATCOM • Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle • Space-Based Radar • Advanced Extremely High Frequency Satellite • Space-based Infrared System High (SBIRS-High) • Operationally Responsive Satellites • Wideband Gapfiller satellite • Space-based test bed • Space Posture Review • Panel on the Future of Military Space Launch • Extremely High Frequency Satellite |
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| CDI Space Security Updates #9.2004 ~ May 6, 2004 |
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May 6, 2004 |
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| Chinese launch small satellites • Russian Space Agency under new military leadership • Pentagon supports standardized microsatellite designs • China to use ESA Earth observation data • More space cooperation between China and Europe • Earth-based SAINT to study space objects • X Prize teams nearing victory • Europe developing new space surveillance tools • Global Earth Monitoring Summit a success |
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| CDI Space Security Update #8.2004 ~ April 20, 2004 |
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April 20, 2004 |
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| U.S. crossing the rubicon? • Putin calls for demilitarization of space • EU competitiveness council debates space policy • Air Force, Boeing negotiating to lift contracting ban • Air Force assesses strike risk options for its CAV • Russia, France to cooperate on space projects • Russian policy may limit commercial launches of military spacecraft • Missile Defense Agency buys test microsat clusters from Spacedev San Diego • Pentagon delays microsatellite launch until summer • Northrop Grumman official: STSS ahead of schedule for '07 launch • US Air Force in bid to boost space awareness • DoD considers merger Of National Security Space Offices • Poll finds support for arms control • Interview: Lt. Gen. Daniel P. Leaf • Op-eds |
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| CDI Space Security Update #7.2004 ~ March 26, 2004 |
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March 26, 2004 |
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| Canada stands by No-Space-Weapons policy • China designs jam-proof satellite • China space news • Soyuz to launch first satellites for EU’s Galileo project • Nigeria to launch second satellite in 2006 • Egypt to launch possible reconnaissance satellite • Japan to launch satellite as early as November • Costs rise for SBIRS-High • Leaders of Brazilian space program blamed for tragedy • Israel signs on to Galileo • U.S. space initiative leads to cancellations • MDA Director: No current need for space weapons • X-43A test flight • Op-Eds |
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| CDI Space Security Update #6.2004 ~ March. 10, 2004 |
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March 11, 2004 |
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| Program manager for SBIRS-High leaves abruptly • Small incremental steps key to achieving Bush space vision • China plans week in orbit; space station • China to launch lunar orbiter by 2007 • Russia offers to build servicing center for Soyuz at Kourou • International Launch Services to launch classified NRO satellite in 2005 • Lockheed Martin CEO announces August 2004 retirement• U.S., Europe reach agreement on Galileo-GPS interoperability • Technology transfer an issue in China Galileo participation • Small satellites to support military operations • Russia building new space shuttle • Orbital space plane canceled • Boeing, Lockheed to make more per launch • NFIRE delayed |
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| CDI Space Security Updates #5.2004 ~ March 3, 2004 |
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March 3, 2004 |
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| 11th UHF Follow-On spacecraft ready for deployment • Canada to receive first dedicated satellite communication capability • Shuttle has close encounters with orbital debris • X-34A test flight delayed • Defense Support Program satellite successfully launched • Shuttle may not fly until March 2005 • EU responds to U.S. space plans • Russian communication satellite successfully launched • PanAmSat for sale • Air Force Transformation Flight Plan Released • MDA funding space-based interceptors; NFIRE delayed • Lockheed Martin forms Space Exploration Organization • Canada asks G-8 to help keep space free of weapons • RAMOS cancelled • Op-Ed Links |
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| Commercial Imagery: Benefits and Risks |
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March 3, 2004 |
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| Presentation by Theresa Hitchens, CDI Vice President, to a conference, “U.S. Space Operations in the International Context,” sponsored by the U.S. Army’s Dwight D. Eisenhower National Security Series and the Eisenhower Institute. |
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| USAF Transformation Flight Plan Highlights Space Weapons |
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February 19, 2004 |
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| For the first time in recent history, the U.S. Air Force has formally published a list of planned space weapons programs, including both anti-satellite weapons (ASATs) and terrestrial strike weapons. Analysis by Theresa Hitchens, CDI Vice President and Director of CDI's Space Security Project. |
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| CDI Space Security Updates #2.2004 ~ Feb. 17, 2004 |
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February 17, 2004 |
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| Air-breathing space vehicles • TransOrbital to offer commercial moon flights • Japan to aim for manned mission • Russia military simulation to include replacement of space assets • EU, U.S. cautiously positive about Galileo Agreement • Military Space Budget FY 05 • Indian space deals with Russia, Brazil, Mongolia • Fox moves all U.S programming to PanAmSat • EELV costs continue to rise • Chinese astronauts begin training for next flight: two person mission • No. 1 Satellite radio service closes public offering • Russia to build Soyuz pad at ESA launch complex • Recent Op-eds |
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| CDI Space Security Updates #2.2004 ~ Jan. 30, 2004 |
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January 30, 2004 |
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| USAF to begin experiments on Near-Space Vehicles • US, India to cooperate on space programs • Analytical Graphics, Inc. to open Center for Space Standards and Innovation • U.S. Official Tour Chinese Space Facility • China Tests First Phase of Galileo • Contracts Awarded for Transformational Communications Network • SpaceHab Files Insurance Claim for Lost Columbia Modules • Space Industry Projections for 2004 $90+ Billion • Increase in Tracked Orbital Objects • Argentina Works to Identify Space Junk • Florida and New Mexico Compete to Host X Prize Cup • Report Urges Space Weapons as part of Missile Defense Shield • No Near-Term Hypersonic Space Vehicles: U.S. Air Force Vice Chief • SpaceDev funded by DARPA to study microsat constellations • India to cooperate with Brazil, Mongolia on space issues • EELV contract announcement to be delayed until summer |
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| CDI Space Security Update #1.2004 ~ Jan. 13, 2004 |
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January 13, 2004 |
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| Bush to announce Americans on Mars • China continues to press its space program onward • China worried about U.S. space intentions • U.S. Air Force working to improve space situational awareness capabilities • Ground-based satellite tracking network continues to receive U.S. Air Force support • Work to begin on $12 billion milsat communications network • Space X claims Falcon V may slash launch costs • Possible solution in GPS frequency allocation dispute • Air Force awards next generation GPS contracts • Milspace policy gets a higher profile within the Pentagon • EELV program breeches congressional cost limits • Iran to launch satellite within 18 months |
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| CDI Space Security Update #10 ~ Dec. 19, 2003 |
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December 19, 2003 |
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| Air Force must spend additional $223 million on EELV program • DoD to continue supporting two contractors for EELV program • Work slowed on X-37 program due to cost concerns • DoD must change the way it acquires commercial bandwidth • Plans for space are realistic, official says • World space agencies heading for the moon |
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| CDI Space Security Update #9 ~ Dec. 12, 2003 |
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December 12, 2003 |
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| XSS-11 admitted to be capable of anti-satellite capabilities • TacSat-1 will be launched in March 2004 • FALCON contractors singled out • SBIRS-High slips again • SBIRS-High may require extra half billion in its budget • New STSS contract to be worth “hundreds of millions of dollars…” • Signal architecture chosen for Galileo • Companies vie to run Galileo network • GPS satellites lasting longer than anticipated • Spiral development program considered for satcom network • EELV may have 50 percent increase in its upcoming budgets • Kinetic energy boost phase intercept contract awarded • Future Imaging Architecture over schedule, budget • Government space spending may reach $50 billion by 2010 • Air Force official calls space and information “inseparable…” • China plans another manned space launch in 2005 • Russia may join India’s manned moon program • Indonesia to launch microsatellite in 2005 • Taiwan expands space-based surveillance • Japanese rocket carrying spy satellites is blown up |
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| CDI Space Security Updates #8 ~ Nov. 13, 2003 |
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November 13, 2003 |
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| EU releases space white paper • Galileo gets funds from China and India • Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization to be formed next year • Cosumano talks of “urgency” in obtaining space control • DoD official lists threats to U.S. space assets • SBIRS-High undergoes yet another slip in schedule • GAO warns of increasing cost of SBIRS-High • Boeing creates internal ethics office • Lockheed Martin sprucing up West Coast launch facility • Military-civilian satellite program at a crossroads • Wideband Gapfiller System delayed • Advanced Extremely High Frequency contracts awarded • Loral sale to Intelsat allowed • Congress worried about Outer Space Plane • Air Force looking at new launch vehicle • India to use satellites for communication only • China details moon probe program |
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| CDI Space Security Updates #7 ~ Oct. 23, 2003 |
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October 23, 2003 |
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| China launches a manned space capsule • Other countries keep an eye on China’s space program • India announces a space weapons platform project • SBIRS-High manager claims project still on schedule • TacSat-1 to be launched next year • More EELV contracts announced • Loral and Inmarsat receive purchase bids • GAO reports on DoD space acquisition architecture • CSRS contract awarded • Raytheon wins SBR contract • Laser-powered aircraft flies successfully • Bodrato report recommends heavier European space presence • European Commission to include space in security research program |
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| China Crosses Threshold of Manned Spaceflight |
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October 15, 2003 |
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| China recently sent its first man into space, joining an elite club of countries who have made their citizens astronauts. Victoria Samson, CDI Research Associate, examines this historic event and some of its possible implications. |
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| CDI Space Security Updates #6 ~ Sept. 25, 2003 |
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September 25, 2003 |
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| Northrop-Grumman’s work for SBIRS-High criticized • Problems with Boeing’s satellites may cost the company $1 billion worth of claims • DARPA’s investigating a low-cost launch alternative • A near-space surveillance platform is being considered • China launches first solid-fuel rocket • China to invest in EU Galileo program • Advanced satellite technologies lose funding in congressional appropriations conference • SBR and FIA may be combined • Rumsfeld agrees to 2012 launch date for GPS III • STRATCOM head warns of the need to protect satellites in-orbit |
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| Space Security Updates #5 ~ Sept. 9, 2003 |
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September 9, 2003 |
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| Space control and the Air Force • Boeing’s space divisions may soon be forgiven • Troubled space programs criticized by Defense Science Board • Air Force pushes ahead with Space Based Radar • Space ruled out for Air Force long-range strike option • Canada considers military microsatellites |
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| CDI Space Security Updates #4 ~ Aug. 22, 2003 |
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August 22, 2003 |
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| KE-ASAT funding sought • Space-based boost phase intercept program frozen • Boeing accepts Air Force’s punishment for EELV contract misconduct • Measures to protect U.S. satellites explored • Russia’s space agency to receive an extra $100 million next year • Russian defense expert suspicious of U.S. missile defense program’s intentions • Israel seeking partners for its military space program • Launch date speculated for China’s first manned space mission • New moon missions beginning
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| CDI Space Security Updates #3 ~ July 31, 2003 |
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July 31, 2003 |
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| Boeing loses $1 billion worth of launches • China schedules manned space flight • U.S. Marine Corps investigating space transport vehicle • Orbital Space Plane hopeful finishes structural testing • SpaceDev wins a second microsat contract from the MDA |
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| CDI Space Security Updates #2 ~ July 23, 2003 |
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July 23, 2003 |
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| FY 2004 budget request analyzed • Boost-phase intercept questioned by scientists • Space-based intercept’s staggering cost is estimated • Boeing in talks with Air Force over alleged espionage • Satellite launch business struggling |
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| Space-Based Missile Defense: Not So Heavenly |
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July 21, 2003 |
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| CDI Vice President Theresa Hitchens examines the potential costs and effectiveness of space-based missile defense. Reproduced with permission from the July 21 issue of Space News. |
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| CDI Space Security Updates #1 ~ July 9, 2003 |
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July 9, 2003 |
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| Project FALCON taking shape • Rand study on military uses of space • SBI slowing down • U.S. Air Force focusing on satellite control • NASA is pushing for a space plane |
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| Rushing to Weaponize the Final Frontier |
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September 1, 2001 |
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| In her September 2001 article in Arms Control Today, Theresa Hitchens, CDI Vice President and Director of the Space Security Project explains that for nearly 40 years, there has been a gentlemen’s agreement among the world’s space-faring nations to refrain from putting weapons in space. This unspoken pact to protect space for “peaceful uses” has penetrated the international psyche so deeply that most countries, including the two Cold War rivals, have also refrained from developing weapons that could shoot down satellites from the ground, air, or sea. That may well be about to change... |
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