France is launching its CSO 2 spy satellite into space from its Guiana Space Center in South America today.
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Japan to attempt launch of military communications satellite today
Japan will attempt to launch a military communications satellite today that will relay data collected by its optical and radar-imaging reconnaissance satellites.
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Two C-17s were assigned as search-and-rescue aircraft for SpaceX’s manned mission
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.
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Russia carries out another test of the 53T6M ABM missile
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
SpaceX and L3Harris are building eight satellites for the U.S. Space Development Agency to detect ballistic and hypersonic missiles.
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