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Space powers or aspirant space powers like India, China and Turkey long framed their space ambitions as purely developmental. But they’re now jostling among themselves and with pioneer space-farers like the US to beat each other to the Moon or Mars. This is as much for the sake of national power and prestige as it is to boost development.  Where does this leave Africa? Is outer space the next terrain of a new Cold War-style proxy contest for allegiance and influence in which African countrie...

A Chinese rocket is falling to Earth, but we don’t know where it will land The probability of some parts of the booster going to populated lands is relatively low, making it much more likely to land somewhere in the ocean. But that probability is not zero. For example: The CZ-5B booster was launched on May 5, 2020 for a mission last year. The same problem arose even then: the core booster ended up in an uncontrolled orbit before re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere. Trash It landed in the vil...

DOD: No Plans to Shoot Down Falling Chinese Rocket Before Crash Paul D. Shinkman © (Ju Zhenhua/Xinhua/AP-File) FILE - In this April 29, 2021, file photo released by Chinas Xinhua News Agency, a Long March 5B rocket carrying a module for a Chinese space station lifts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Wenchang in southern Chinas Hainan Province. The central rocket segment that launched the 22.5-ton core of Chinas newest space station into orbit is due to plunge ba...

Pentagon Can’t Say When, Where Chinese Rocket Will Crash Into Earth Paul D. Shinkman © (STR/AFP via Getty Images) TOPSHOT - People watch a Long March 5B rocket, carrying Chinas Tianhe space station core module, as it lifts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern Chinas Hainan province on April 29, 2021. - China OUT (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images) The Pentagon on Wednesday said it does not know where a Chinese rocket will co...

General Says US Military Should Consider a Deconfliction Line for Space U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. DeAnna Burt, Director of Operations and Communications, Headquarters United States Space Force, at her promotion ceremony at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, Aug. 3, 2020. (U.S. Space Force/2nd Lt. Idalí Beltré Acevedo). 4 May 2021 A top commander at U.S. Space Command says it may be time to establish a "deconfliction channel" between the U.S. and adversary countries to ensure the safety of ope...

Friday, April 30, 2021 10:00 am - 11:00 am Africa’s growing space program presents new political, economic, and security opportunities and challenges for the United States. The technology transfer process, access to technologies and data, and support for systems development have the potential to increase U.S. political influence vis-à-vis U.S. adversaries; bolster two-way trade and investment; and deepen national security ties between the United States and African partners. Africa’s spac...

Russia and NASA will continue to cooperate in space in the near future, despite that countrys intent to work with China on lunar exploration, experts on Russian space policy said.

The proliferation of counterspace weapons across the globe often calls into question what can be done to best protect satellites from attack. This analysis from the CSIS Aerospace Security Project addresses different methods and technologies that can be used by the United States government, and others, to deter adversaries from attack. A wide range of active and passive defenses are available to protect space systems and the ground infrastructure they depend upon from different types of threats...

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Report broadens conversation on space militarization and Space Force satellite defense An artists rendering of the fifth geosynchronous Space Based Infrared System on orbit. (Lockheed Martin) WASHINGTON — Now more than ever, American war fighters depend on space-based capabilities for their missions. In response, adversaries have developed counter space weapons meant to degrade or deny those capabilities. Even before the U.S. Space Force was established, the Pentagon pivoted to describing...