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Analysis - Space is going off, and we're involved.

The Space Coast set a new launch record in 2023 with 72 orbital missions from either Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The pace of launches could ramp up by the end of 2024 to a near twice-weekly rate.

NZ supports a US defence strategy to get hold of commercial space tech in a conflict, according to briefing papers.

The United States has been assessing New Zealand's capability to help with rapid rocket and satellite launches if war breaks out in space.

The Pentagon is rushing to expand its capacity to wage war in space, convinced that rapid advances by China and Russia in space-based operations pose a growing threat to U.S. troops and other military assets on the ground and U.S. satellites in orbit.

The Pentagon is rushing to expand its capacity to wage war in space, convinced that rapid advances by China and

We have lots of rocket launches coming up this week but the most notable event will be when Blue Origin flies the US' first black astronaut candidate to the edge of space. Ed Dwight is now 90.

The Space Coast set a new launch record in 2023 with 72 orbital missions from either Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The pace of launches could ramp up by the end of 2024 to a near twice-weekly rate.

US Defense Department is looking to acquire a new generation of ground- and space-based tools that will allow it to defend its satellite network from attack and, if necessary, to disrupt or disable enemy spacecraft in orbit, Pentagon officials have said in a series of interviews, speeches and recent statements.

A pair of cubesats will measure far-infrared radiation from Earths poles to improve climate predictions.