The U.S. Air Force will launch the Boeing X-37B into space from Cape Canaveral on May 6.
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Image: United Launch Alliance
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Chinese ASAT test last year failed to hit its target
At a press briefing, Adm. Cecil Haney, who heads the U.S. Strategic Command, said a Chinese Anti-Satellite (ASAT) in July last year failed to hit its target.
“ASAT Weapon Conception” by unknown, DoD photo – http://www.defenseimagery.mil/imagery.html#guid=4d775e63c0d24847a41a115b52e7cf7ed4e11fb7. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
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New rail-guided satellite launch system to debut in October
A new rail-guided satellite launch system for the Pentagon’s Operationally Responsive Space office will lift off into space from Hawaii this October.
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Photo: Sandia National Laboratories
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Construction for USAF Space Fence Radar in the Marshall Islands begins
Work for the new S-band Space Fence radar system has started on Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean last month.
“Kwajalein Atoll 2003-02-07 – Landsat 7 – 30m” by NASA – NASA/USGS Landsat satellite image GeoTIFF archive, http://glovis.usgs.gov. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Envoy: North Korea can fire nuclear-armed missile anytime
In a rare interview with Sky News, North Korea’s ambassador to Britain, Hyun Hak-bong, said Pyongyang has the means to fire a nuclear-armed missile “any time.”
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