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Russian ASAT

Report: Better Space Situational Awareness Needed to Mitigate Future Debris Risk

Oct. 20, 2022 | By Amanda Miller
The effects of Russia’s 2021 anti-satellite weapon test on just one commercial satellite constellation illustrate the urgency of just one aspect of space safety. A “dominating commercial space market” is also expanding the scope of space missions to include the likes of commercial human spaceflight and ...

Raymond: Space Companies ‘Helpful’ in Russia-Ukraine War

July 20, 2022 | By James C. Kitfield
Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. "Jay" Raymond offered some of his early observations on the role of space activities in the war in Ukraine. After nearly a three-year pandemic hiatus, many of the world's top national security and foreign affairs officials gathered in ...

Former USAF Astronaut—Now NASA’s No. 2—on Russia, the Future of the ISS, and the Military on the Moon

May 9, 2022 | By Amanda Miller
Drawn closer by business interests and geopolitical necessity, the military and NASA “would be remiss” not to collaborate more, said the space agency’s No. 2 political appointee. Yet as the Defense Department has committed billions in weapons toward a Russian defeat in Ukraine, NASA Deputy ...

Biden Administration Says U.S. Won’t Test Certain Anti-Satellite Weapons

April 19, 2022 | By Amanda Miller
The Biden administration says it’s ruled out conducting one type of anti-satellite weapon test. While on a visit to her home state, Vice President Kamala Harris gave a speech at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., formalizing the administration’s prior admonishments of an ASAT test by ...

Russian ASAT Demo Tested US Space Command’s Nascent Domain Awareness

March 10, 2022 | By Shaun Waterman
The Russian test of an anti-satellite weapon system in 2021 gave the newly relaunched U.S. Space Command the chance to showcase its growing ability to perceive and understand the space domain, its commander Gen. James H. Dickinson said.

New Analysis of Russian ASAT Provides Clues to Weapon’s Trajectory, Says Risk From Debris Could Grow

Jan. 25, 2022 | By Amanda Miller
The Space Force won’t speculate publicly on details about Russia’s debris-generating test of an anti-satellite weapon in low Earth orbit in November. Outside experts, on the other hand, suspect that the weapon approached the target satellite from behind and below and broke it up into ...

Listen to a USAF Astronaut’s Emergency Call With NASA After Russian ASAT Test

Nov. 18, 2021 | By Amanda Miller
Air Force Col. Raja Chari is the astronaut onboard the International Space Station heard receiving emergency instructions from Johnson Space Center after Nov. 15’s anti-satellite weapon test by Russia, NASA confirmed to Air Force Magazine. Commander of the Crew-3 mission—the third under SpaceX’s contract to ...
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