The new policy does not change the restrictions for exports of rockets or drones designated by the MTCR as Category 1 systems.
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American initiatives are seeing more support, while rivals used the opportunity to raise a litany of complaints against Washington.
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Space Systems Command believes that “WxDaaS” may become a viable option sometime after fiscal year 2030, said Lt. Col. Joseph Maguadog, but dedicated sats will have to do in the meantime.
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Each of the new satellites can support up to 5,000 digitally formed beams, according to SES officials, using open architectures that allow governments to tailor the network to their own security standards and maintain national custody of the data links.
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Ukrainian deputy prime minister Olga Stefanishyna is worried that Twitter is becoming “the major source of manipulation” under Musk’s leadership, with Musk himself “test[ing] the manipulation limits he can use.”
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“I think everyone agrees that if there’s a reasonable cost-based argument that paying for use does make sense,” industry analyst Tim Farrar said. But “I think Elon has made that more difficult rather than less difficult because you don’t normally negotiate your weapons contracts on Twitter.”
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“Key for us is allowing on-ramps, allowing for some smaller launches to have a chance,” a senior Space Force official told Breaking Defense, in order to avoid billion-dollar “Titan-era prices.”
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ICEYE currently is planning to launch another five satellites this year, Jerry Welsh, CEO of the Finnish firm’s US arm, told Breaking Defense. But he did not provide a breakout of those to be built in Finland vice the US.
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There is one bright spot in the ongoing US-China space traffic brouhaha: Beijing has begun publishing for the first time the basic orbital positions of its crewed space station.
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“Clearly an exchange of diplomatic notes is better than an exchange of Twitter fire (or worse). But diplomatic notes won’t fill in the gaps in space governance and traffic safety,” Jessica West of Canada’s Project Ploughshares said.
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“Undersea cable infrastructure is ripe for sabotage,” said Karen Jones, one of the authors of the study.
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Ahead of the Wednesday launch, mystery surrounds what the mission of NROL-87 is. NRO never talks about the purpose of specific satellites, period, but the payload will be launched to an orbit consistent with that of an imaging satellite.
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“SSC is exploring both options,” said Space Systems Command’s Lt. Col. Joseph Maguadog, with a focus “on ensuring we meet both the near- & long-term needs of our warfighter.”
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