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Japan to attempt launch of military communications satellite today

Posted on November 29, 2020November 29, 2020 by alert5

Japan will attempt to launch a military communications satellite today that will relay data collected by its optical and radar-imaging reconnaissance satellites.

By Naritama (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Two C-17s were assigned as search-and-rescue aircraft for SpaceX’s manned mission

Posted on November 21, 2020November 21, 2020 by alert5

Two C-17s were fitted with the Lightweight Airborne Radio System (LARS), a radio to locate and recover personnel in denied territory, during SpaceX’s manned mission to the International Space Station.

U.S. Space Force Capt. Richard Burges, Task Force 45 Support Operations Center training officer and military liaison, connects a Lightweight Airborne Radio System to a C-17 Globemaster III November 13, 2020, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The aircraft was prepped for a contingency rescue operation, ready to rescue the first full crew of astronauts as they traveled to the International Space Station through NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman John Linzmeier)

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Russia carries out another test of the 53T6M ABM missile

Posted on October 30, 2020October 30, 2020 by alert5

A test of the 53T6M anti-ballistic missile (ABM) interceptor took place at the Sary-Shagan proving ground in Kazakhstan recently.

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L3Harris, SpaceX to build and deliver missile warning satellites by 2022

Posted on October 8, 2020October 8, 2020 by alert5

SpaceX and L3Harris are building eight satellites for the U.S. Space Development Agency to detect ballistic and hypersonic missiles.

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Russia building nuclear-powered space tug

Posted on September 19, 2020September 19, 2020 by alert5

Russia is reviving one of the Soviet-era space concepts – nuclear-powered space transportation – by building a space tug for a trip to the Moon, Venus and Jupiter.

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