Miami FL (UPI) May 18, 2023
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected the secretive regime's first completed military reconnaissance satellite and "approved the future action plan" for its launch, state-run media reported Wednesday. Kim visited an aerospace facility on Tuesday and examined the satellite, which is "ready for loading after undergoing the final general assembly check and space environment test," accordi

Medford MA (SPX) May 19, 2023
Loud explosions rock the evening sky. Streaks of light appear like comets. Missiles rain down. Below, people scramble for cover. The injured are taken on stretchers - the dead, buried. That is daily life in Ukraine, where pilotless vehicles known as drones litter the sky in an endless video gamelike - but actually very real - war with Russia. Both Russia and Ukraine are using drones

Madrid, Spain (SPX) May 19, 2023
Satellite-derived bathymetry continues to advance and improve rapidly. A recent scientific study has confirmed the effectiveness of a methodology developed to obtain bathymetric data from satellite images in the Western Mediterranean. The results of this research, published in the prestigious International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, reaffirm the value of this tool f

Beijing, China (SPX) May 19, 2023
Every second, the planet loses a stretch of forest equivalent to a football field due to logging, fires, insect infestation, disease, wind, drought, and other factors. In a recently published study, researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center presented a comprehensive strategy to detect when and where forest disturbance happens at a lar

Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) May 17, 2023
The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, conducted a demonstration, April 5, 2023, of its high-power microwave counter drone weapon, the Tactical High-power Operational Responder, or THOR, as it engaged a swarm of multiple targets at the Chestnut Test Site, Kirtland Air Force Base. "The THOR team flew numerous drones at the THOR system to simulate a real-world swarm attack," said Adrian

Huntsville AL (SPX) May 18, 2023
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has delivered key Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) components for Poland's WISLA medium range air defense program. With this delivery, IBCS moves closer to being fully fielded as part of Poland's advanced air and missile defense program. The recent delivery of the IBCS Integrated Fire Control Network (IFCN) relays supports the WISLA program's

Two companies have demonstrated the ability to conduct launches from a floating platform in U.S.

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is planning a new procurement of commercial services to monitor activities from space.

Three aerospace companies submitted winning bids at a bankruptcy auction for most of the assets of launch company Virgin Orbit, ending any chance that company could return to flight under new ownership.