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21st May 2021 - 14:54 GMT | by Arie Egozi in Tel Aviv RSS Lift-off for Ofek 16 — but do smaller satellites have more potential? (Photo: IAI) IAI is exploring the potential of nanosatellites and microsatellites to deliver persistent overhead surveillance of threat areas. Approved organisations from various allied countries will be able to obtain relevant data from the same constellations of nanosatellites and microsatellites by using ground stations with different ‘access keys’. This is one of the advanced options being evaluated by the Space Division in Israel Aeros...

By Greg Waldron2021-05-19T03:39:00+01:00 Australia will establish a new Space Division within the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during 2022, underlining the importance of space to the country’s defence forces. Though the division will come under the RAAF, it will be operated by personnel from all branches of the Australian Defence Force (ADF), says Australia’s Department of Defence. “We use space daily for understanding the weather, navigating, access to geospatial information and sharing information across Australia or across the world,” says RAAF chief Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld....

A special Space Division headquarters will be established inside the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) early next year but the Australian Defence Force has denied it wants to militarise outer space. Assured access to space was critical to enabling Australia's defence multi-domain operations, RAAF chief Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld said. "Defence will need capabilities that directly contribute to outcomes in space as a contested domain, however this does not mean that Defence encourages the militarisation of space," she said. The Buccaneer cube satellite, developed by a team of UNSW Canberra and De...

Department of Defence Defence will establish a Space Division headquarters within the Royal Australian Air Force in early 2022, with personnel from all areas within Defence reflecting the importance of the Space domain. Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld AO, DSC, said assured access to Space was critical to enabling Defence’s multi-domain operations. “We use Space daily for understanding the weather, navigating, access to geospatial information and sharing information across Australia or across the world,” Air Marshal Hupfeld said. “Defence is delivering capabilities includin...

(Ron Knecht) – I wrote the following remembrance two-and-a-half years ago. Surrounded by her loving family, Christena Kathryn Jensen departed peacefully for Heaven Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at age 97.  Daughter Kathy Knecht, granddaughter Karyn Knecht and son-in-law Ron Knecht all loved her dearly and will miss her forever. She was born May 2, 1921 […]