Startup Spaceflux secures key role in UK civil/defense space tracking effort
Spaceflux data is being provided to the National Space Operations Centre (NSpOC) jointly managed by the UK Defence Ministry and the UK Space Agency.
Saltzman names former UK space chief ‘Assistant CSO’ to promote allied partnership
In his Commanders Note issued today, Gen. Chance Saltzman said the appointment marks the first time a foreign officer has been assigned to such a high position within a US service.
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New UK military ‘cell’ to partner with US SPACECOM on space domain awareness
The UK Joint Task Force-Space Defense Commercial Operations Cell (JCO) in effect will extend the time the SPACECOM can keep tabs on satellites, especially those owned by adversaries, and dangerous space debris.
UK asks industry for new ground-based space domain awareness sensor capability for Cyprus base
Once operational, the new sensor will be hosted on a UK military base on the Mediterranean island, capable of resident space object (RSO) tracking and “potentially characterisation or neighbourhood watch functions for the GEO orbital regime,” according to a Request for Information (RFI) solicitation.
In a first, NRO and British MoD to make sat launch from UK soil
LauncherOne also will carry two experimental Cubesats to test concepts related to the UK MoD's $1.2B effort to develop its own ISR capabilities.
Defense Lags Behind Commerce In UK ‘Galactic’ Space Power Goals
The new UK space strategy "seems to be in Boris’ own words “spacetastic”: a positive big picture, but very thin on detail. The U.K. does not have the kind of money needed to fulfill all its aspirations," said Alex Walmsley, associate fellow at RUSI.
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Exclusive: UK Pushes New UN Accord On Military Space Norms
The US intends to support the British effort.