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Advertisement The United States Space Command announced on December 16 that Russia has conducted a test of a direct-ascent anti-satellite (ASAT) missile. A statement issued by the command has Commander General James Dickinson saying, “Russia publicly claims it is working to prevent the transformation of outer space into a battlefield, yet at the same time Moscow continues to weaponize space by developing and fielding on-orbit and ground-based capabilities that seek to exploit U.S. reliance on...

test-fired a new anti-satellite missile, according to US officials. Chief of the Space Command, Army Gen. James Dickinson, condemned what he called Russia’s making space a “warfighting domain” by its provocative actions in statements issued Wednesday, a day after the Russian test. While details of the alleged test were not immediately given or confirmed by the Russian side or in state media, US Space Command described it as  a ground-launched “direct-ascent” missile, as opposed to...

Defense Ministry / TASS A top-secret missile launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in Arkhangelsk region earlier this week was a weapon capable of destroying satellites in low orbit. Indications of a launch from Plesetsk came as NOTAM warnings were issued for three areas in the Russian Arctic in a straight line north from the cosmodrome. The areas were coincident with the different stages of a space missiles fall-down; east of Cape Kanin, over Novaya Zemlya and the last ov...

Russia tested an anti-satellite missile to go along with its space-based killer satellite in a move that drew a rebuke from U.S. Space Command in Colorado Springs and adds more chill to the orbital Cold War. "The United States is concerned by Russia’s continued development and deployment of several types of ground-based and space-based anti-satellite weapons," the command said in a news release early Wednesday. "These actions are contrary to Russia’s diplomatic and public stance against the...

Amid the hue and cry over where U.S. Space Command will be permanently housed, one set of voices has been conspicuously absent: the troops who serve in the headquarters no matter where it calls home. Members of the military are carefully taught to stay quiet about government decisions. America’s long history of civilian leadership over the military means those in uniform keep mum. The association that represents most of those who serve the command, however, is now voicing a preference: keep i...

Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers, left, and Marilyn Vyzourek, right, prepare to cut the ribbon during the grand opening ceremony for the new dining hall and kitchen at the Springs Rescue Mission on West Las Vegas Street on Sept. 17, 2020. The new dining hall can seat up to 185 people comfortably and has a significantly larger kitchen than the previous building. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette) Forrest Czarnecki

December 16, 2020 U.S. Space Command head Gen James Dickinson called out perceived Russian aggression in Space Dec. 16, following another Russian anti-satellite weapon test. (Lewis Carlyle / Department of Defense) WASHINGTON — Russia conducted its second test this year of a direct ascent anti-satellite missile test, according to a U.S. Space Command, yet again drawing sharp criticism from the U.S. “Russia has made space a war-fighting domain by testing space-based and ground-based wea...

Space Command belongs in Colorado: State leaders make closing argument The association that represents most of those who serve the command is now voicing a preference: keep it in Colorado Springs. Author: Tom Roeder (Denver Gazette) Published: 9:24 PM MST December 15, 2020 Updated: 9:24 PM MST December 15, 2020 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Amid the hue and cry over where U.S. Space Command will be permanently housed, one set of voices has been cons...

Written on the bottom of this print: “28PR / 10 Oct 43 / 24 / Leaving for train at Peterson Fld.” Peterson Field began as Colorado Springs Army Air Base. In December 1942, base officials changed the name to Peterson Army Air Base to honor a fallen airman, 1st Lt. Edward J. Peterson, according to a history posted on Peterson Air Force Base’s website. Peterson was the first Coloradan killed in a flying accident at the airfield. The base was frequently referred to as Peterson Field or simply...

Space Command thrives in Colorado Springs. It operates in a perfect ecosystem that combines a qualified workforce, proximity to supporting entities, public safety, transportation and community support. A better environment is not possible, no matter how incessantly politicians try to take it from Colorado. To move the command, the Pentagon would abandon billions of dollars in existing assets. It would disrupt this critical operation at a time when we have no time to waste in keeping up with for...