Syrian authorities on Friday said that the Damascus International Airport temporarily suspended operations due to “technical disruptions,” just hours after a massive airstrike blamed on Israel. An Israeli satellite company showed photos of severely damaged runways and claimed the airport has been “completely disabled.” All flights have been suspended for …
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The US will not conduct tests of satellite-killer missiles and urges all other countries to make the same commitment, Vice President Kamala Harris has announced after meeting with Space Force and Space Command officials in California. The head of Russia’s space agency was skeptical, however. “I am pleased to announce …
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Private aerospace firm SpaceX has successfully launched another US spy satellite into orbit, this time deploying a used Falcon 9 rocket to carry its payload into space. Sunday’s mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California marked the first time that a US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) satellite has been …
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The EU has approved an agreement with Ukraine under which they will be able to provide classified information to Kiev, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing anonymous sources. It said satellite images are one example of what would be shared. The agreement will last for a year and could be renewed …
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The Chinese government has demanded that US officials act to prevent mishaps in orbit after Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites nearly crashed into Beijing’s new space station. It accuses Washington of recklessness and hypocrisy. Asked about the near-collisions with the China Space Station (CSS) between July and October, Foreign Ministry spokesman …
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“The reason it is happening is because nobody wants competition,” Nikolov said on Wednesday. For the channel to get such staunch resistance in Germany is “like getting a medal,” he added, arguing that the hostile reaction only proves that the media outlet’s operations have been “phenomenally successful.” Earlier the same …
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German media regulator MABB (Medienanstalt Berlin-Brandenburg) has forced European satellite service Eutelsat 9B to remove the broadcast of RT’s new Moscow-based German-language channel RT DE from its platform on Wednesday. “It is inappropriate for the German regulator, MABB, to overreach and ignore the European Convention on Transfrontier Television, under which …
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On Tuesday, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that it conducted a missile test that hit and destroyed an old, inoperable Soviet-era Celina-D type reconnaissance satellite, which had been in orbit since 1982. Russia described it as important for the country’s security “in the space sphere and on the ground.” However, …
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“US Space Command is aware of a debris-generating event in outer space,” the Pentagon said on Monday, saying the US military was “actively working to characterize the debris field.” State Department spokesman Ned Price accused Moscow of using a direct ascent missile to destroy an orbiting satellite, creating over 1,500 …
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On Thursday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said that the 12-story-tall Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) had launched successfully at 5:43am IST (0:43pm GMT) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on Sriharikota Island in eastern India. The group shared an image of the lift-off from their livestream. However, despite …
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