United Launch Alliance has scrubbed attempts to launch a top-secret reconnaissance payload for the U.S. military for this year.
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Russia successfully tested Avangard hypersonic glider
Russian President Vladimir Putin oversaw the testing of a Avangard hypersonic glider on Dec. 26.
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Woman mathematician who help create GPS inducted into Pioneers Hall of Fame
Dr. Gladys West, whose work on programming accurate earth models help lead to the creation of the Global Positioning System (GPS), has been inducted into the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers Hall of Fame.
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Japan to build radar system to monitor foreign “killer” satellites
The Japanese government will assign the Japan Air Self-Defense Force the task of monitoring space debris and foreign “killer” satellites.
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France’s CSO-1 military observation satellite launched into space
France’s CSO-1 military observation satellite was launched into space on Dec. 19 by Arianespace using a Soyuz rocket. The CSO-1 is developed for the French Ministry for the Armed Forces by French space agency CNES.
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