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U.S., French Defense Leaders Sign Space Agreement
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and French Defense Minister Alain Juppe
meet at the Pentagon. (Photo: U.S. DoD)
07:44 GMT, February 9, 2011 DEFPRO.COM
WASHINGTON | U.S. and French defense leaders consulted on a wide range of mutual interests and signed an agreement on space situational awareness at the Pentagon today.
Published by RP Defense - dans Défense & Spatial
STSS Demo Satellites Ready for Missile Defense Testing
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011 by MDAA
The Missile Defense Agency says it is merging its $1.7 billion STSS tracking satellite mission with ground- and sea-based interceptor tests, a campaign officials hope will enable the military to launch kill vehicles against missiles before they fly in range of conventional radars.
US, France to sign accord on tracking space debris
Feb 7, 2011 AFP / ASDNews
WASHINGTON - US and French defense chiefs plan to sign a space cooperation agreement on Tuesday designed to help track debris in outer space threatening vital satellites, officials told AFP. The accord follows the unveiling of a new US space security policy last week that calls for building a network of foreign partners to save costs and deter possible threats to sensitive satellites. The agreement was aimed at bolstering the sharing of information on congestion and debris in space, US and French officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told AFP.
L'US Air Force développe son réseau de microsatellites
Source info-aviation.com
7 février 2011 par info-aviation.com
Où en est le développement de microsatellites par l'armée américaine et des programmes de lancement ? Comment se déroule le développement des nanosatellites pour la communication sur les zones de conflit, et comment prendre en compte le problème des débris spatiaux ?
À une époque où les budgets de la défense se réduisent, l'ère des programmes de satellites militaires « multi-milliardaires » est révolue. En témoigne, le sort de l'immense programme TSAT de 12 milliards de dollars, qui a été fermé en 2009. En guise d'alternative, les gouvernements explorent la possibilité d'utiliser des microsatellites pour exécuter la plupart des fonctions actuellement exercées par de coûteux systèmes de satellite de grande taille : la navigation GPS, la télécommunication, la surveillance et l'imagerie terrestre.
National Security Space Strategy Targets Safety, Stability
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 07, 2011by By Cheryl Pellerin / American Forces Press Service
The National Security Space Strategy responds to the realities of a space environment that is increasingly crowded, challenging and competitive, said senior Defense Department officials. "The National Security Space Strategy represents a significant departure from past practice," Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said in a DOD news release. "It is a pragmatic approach to maintain the advantages we derive from space while confronting the new challenges we face." Ambassador Gregory L. Schulte, the deputy secretary of defense for space policy, told the Pentagon Channel and American Forces Press Service that this is the first national security space strategy co-signed by the secretary of defense and the director of national intelligence.
U.S. Military to Launch Secret Spy Satellite Demo Saturday
An Orbital Sciences Minotaur 1 rocket blasts off with the Air Force's TacSat-3 satellite onboard.
04 February 2011 BY Stephen Clark, Spaceflight Now
The U.S. military plans to launch a Minotaur rocket Saturday with a secret technology research mission for the National Reconnaissance Office, the government agency that oversees the country's spy satellites. The solid-fueled Orbital Sciences Corp. Minotaur 1 launcher is scheduled to lift off some time Saturday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The launch window is a secret for now, but the Air Force plans to announce a time for the blastoff Thursday evening. The release of the launch time will come after the Launch Readiness Review adjourns Thursday to give approval for final flight preparations, according to an Air Force spokesperson.
China Developing Counterspace Weapons: DoD Deputy
Gregory Schulte.
Credit: U.S. DoD photo
4 Feb 2011 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE / Defensenews
WASHINGTON - China is developing counterspace weapons that could shoot down satellites or jam signals, a Pentagon official said Feb. 4 as the United States unveiled a 10-year strategy for security in space. "The investment China is putting into counterspace capabilities is a matter of concern to us," Deputy Secretary of Defense for Space Policy Gregory Schulte told reporters as the defense and intelligence communities released their 10-year National Security Space Strategy (NSSS). The NSSS marks a huge shift from past practice, outlining a 10-year path for the United States to take in space to ensure it becomes "more resilient" and can defend its assets in a dramatically more crowded, competitive and challenging environment,
Thousands of officers will strengthen military space defense
Published: 03 February, 2011,RUSSIA TODAY
The Defense Ministry has decided to create 70,000 officers' positions in the Russian army despite previous plans to decrease military personnel. ­The number of officers in the Russian armed forces will increase by 70,000 in 2012, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov has said. He discussed on Wednesday the military reform with President Dmitry Medvedev. Currently, the army employs 150,000 officers and 180,000 contract servicemen. The decision to increase this number to 220,000 has been made because a whole new type of armed forces, a military space defense, is being created, Serdyukov explained. In February, the Defense Ministry will also decide whether to increase the total number of professional army servicemen. Then, proposals of top military officials will be considered by Russia's Security Council.
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Le satellite militaire russe serait placé sur une mauvaise orbite
MOSCOU, 1er février - RIA Novosti
Le satellite militaire russe Geo-IK-2 lancé mardi soir par une fusée Rockot depuis Plessetsk (région d'Arkhangelsk) serait placé sur une mauvaise orbite, a annoncé à Moscou le commandant des Troupes spatiales russes, Oleg Ostapenko. "A l'heure actuelle, nous cherchons à établir les paramètres de l'orbite actuelle du satellite et à en reprendre le contrôle", a indiqué le général Ostapenko.
GAO Questions U.S. Plans for Missile Defense System in Europe
January 28th, 2011 by MDAA
The Government Accountability Office has called into question President Obama's Phased Adapitive Approach to missile defense in Europe. Lack of oversight and poor management could cause cost overruns and uncertainty about the EPAA's effectiveness against missile threats from the Middle East. "DOD has initiated multiple simultaneous efforts to implement [the European Phased Adaptive Approach missile defense plan], but faces three key management challenges—the lack of clear guidance, life-cycle costs and a fully integrated schedule," the GAO reported
Without better management and oversight, the Defense Department's missile defense plans in Europe face potential cost overruns and increased uncertainty about the system's capacity to effectively counter missile threats from the Middle East, according to a Government Accountability Office report released Wednesday.
Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress
The Aegis cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) launches a Standard Missile III
as part of an Aegis Intercept Flight Test Round (FTR-1A) mission at the Pacific Missile range.
photo U.S. Navy
by Ronald O'Rourke Specialist in Naval Affairs
The Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) program, which is carried out by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Navy, gives Navy Aegis cruisers and destroyers a capability for conducting BMD operations. Under current MDA and Navy plans, the number of BMD-capable Navy Aegis ships is scheduled to grow from 20 at the end of FY2010 to 38 at the end of FY2015. MDA and Navy plans also call for an increasing portion of the Navy's BMD-capable Aegis ships to be equipped with newer and more capable versions of the Aegis BMD system.
L'UE va fournir des images satellites à l'Ukraine et la Moldavie pour leurs frontières
Publié le 22 janvier 2011 par Nicolas Gros-Verheyde
L'Ukraine et la Moldavie le demandaient depuis plusieurs mois déjà (depuis avril 2010). Ils souhaitaient, en effet, obtenir de l'Union européenne un soutien technique et logistique afin de pouvoir continuer leur travail de délimitation de frontière entre les deux pays sur une portion délicate du territoire, en bordure de la Transnistrie. Dans cette région autonome de Moldavie dont l'indépendance n'est reconnue par personne, perdurent en effet, quelques trafics et contrebandes. Et les Européens y ont déployé une mission d'assistance aux frontières (EUBAM).
Video: Monster Rocket Blasts Spy Satellite Into Space
By Spencer Ackerman Danger Room
The behemoth on your screen is the three-engine Delta IV Heavy, an unmanned rocket that's taller than a 23-story building. In this video, released by United Launch Alliance, the Boeing-Lockheed alliance that created the U.S.' biggest pilotless rocket, the Delta IV blasts into space yesterday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, creating a boom so massive the Air Force had to tell the surrounding townspeople it wasn't Judgment Day.
NATO, Russia missile systems to stay separate: NATO chief
Source www.russiablog.org
Brussels (AFP) Jan 20, 2011
The former Cold War foes agreed at a landmark summit in Lisbon last November to explore the possibility of cooperating in the European missile defence system, but left the complex details of how it would work for later.NATO wants to cooperate with Russia on a missile defence shield for Europe but the two sides should keep their systems separate, the Western alliance's chief said ahead of a meeting of military brass.
Published by Spacewar - dans Défense & Spatial
Strategic Missile Defence: A Reality Check (Report)
This report, written by Greg Thielmann, senior fellow of the Arms Control Association (ACA), discusses how the US and the Soviet Union deployed limited numbers of strategic missile defence interceptors and radars in the middle years of the Cold War.
Published by army-technology - dans Défense & Spatial
NRO Satellite Successfully Launched Aboard Delta IV Heavy
NROL-49 logo. source www.thespacereview.com
January 20, 2011 www.nro.mil
A National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) payload was successfully launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) from Space Launch Complex-6, Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), California, at 1:10 p.m., PST, on January 20, 2011.
This is the third in a series of six launches that will take place during the 50th anniversary of the NRO. This is also the first Delta IV-Heavy mission to launch from VAFB, and is the third Delta IV vehicle to launch from United Launch Alliance's Space Launch Complex-6.
"I'm grateful to everybody who worked so hard to make this mission happen, the launch team, the satellite vehicle team, and our mission partners. It is always a great feeling to have hard work culminate in success. When the satellite becomes operational, it will assure the US continues to enjoy superior vigilance from above," remarked Col Alan Davis, Director of Office of Space Launch.
The NRO is a joint Department of Defense-Intelligence Community organization responsible for developing, launching, and operating America's signals, imagery, and communications satellites to meet the needs of our nation.
Published by NRO - dans Défense & Spatial
DRDO to Test High Altitude Missile Defense System in February 2011
2011-01-20 After carrying out major upgrades, India will test fire an advanced version of its indigenous Ballistic Missile Defence system in February allowing it to destroy enemy rockets at a much higher altitude. As part of its efforts to protect itself from enemy missiles, India is developing a two-tier BMD which can intercept enemy missiles at exo-atmospheric (outside the Earth's atmosphere) altitudes of 80 km and endo-atmospheric (inside the Earth's atmosphere) heights of 30 km.
Northrop Grumman-Built STSS Demonstration Satellites Complete On-Orbit Calibration, Ready for BMDS Tests
REDONDO BEACH, Calif., Jan. 19, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Space Tracking and Surveillance (STSS) Demonstration program satellites are ready to fully participate in Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) tests after on-orbit calibration of the acquisitions and track sensors for both spacecraft was completed Nov. 3 by prime contractor Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), and infrared sensor payload provider Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN).
Calibration of those sensors was the last major step during the on-orbit tests of the space vehicles, which were launched Sept. 25, 2009, in tandem configuration from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
"We are confident that upcoming BMDS tests involving STSS will generate the kind and quality of data that will validate our projections of the value of space-based sensors for missile tracking," said Doug Young, vice president of Missile Defense and Warning Programs for Northrop Grumman's Aerospace Systems sector. He noted the data will validate models used to define an operational system.
"STSS brings unique capabilities to missile defense. It's the only system capable of tracking ballistic missiles through all phases of flight, starting with boost extending through midcourse and terminal phases," Young added. "In 2010, the satellites demonstrated many capabilities essential to performing their missile defense role in initial exercises, such as tracking U.S. missile test launches. While those were not operational tests, they point to the potential applications of this satellite technology."
Using sensors capable of receiving infrared radiation, the STSS demonstration satellites are able to detect missile launches, provide continuous target tracking and communicate with missile defense command and control systems. The STSS Demonstration satellites will be integrated into MDA's overall testing strategy that calls for multiple missile defense elements to participate in each test event.
"Integrated tests involving multiple BMDS elements will provide opportunities for STSS to demonstrate a wide range of missile tracking capabilities geared toward decisions regarding required future operational systems capabilities," Young said.
These capabilities include boosting missile detection and tracking; midcourse object tracking and characterization; missile track handover between the two space vehicles; and interceptor cueing via downlink communications to the ground station.
Communications Cross-link Tested
Northrop, the prime contractor on the communications project, said the radio frequency relay between missile defense satellites establishes communications between a spacecraft that is out of line of contact of a ground station through a satellite that is in range.
Raytheon To Open GPS Collaboration Center In SoCal
illustration www.raytheon.com
Aurora CO (SPX) Jan 20, 2011
Raytheon's new Global Positioning System Collaboration Center opening in February 2011 in El Segundo, Calif., will allow U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems personnel to interact with the GPS Operational Control Segment (GPS OCX) system in an operations-like environment.
NGC Verifies Crosslink Capability Between STSS Demo Satellites
Published on ASDNews: Jan 19, 2011
Redondo Beach, Calif. - The effectiveness of the Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) Demonstration satellites has been expanded after a communications crosslink was activated and successfully tested by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), prime contractor, and Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN), sensor payload provider.
COM DEV Wins Military Contract for Satellite Equipment
January 18, 2011 CAMBRIDGE, ON
COM DEV International Ltd., a leading manufacturer of space hardware subsystems, today announced that it has been awarded a contract valued in excess of US$9 million to provide equipment for a military communications satellite.
Le projet spatial Galileo a besoin de 1,9 milliard d'euros supplémentaires
BRUXELLES, 18 janvier (Reuters) - Galileo, le principal programme spatial européen, a besoin de 1,9 milliard d'euros supplémentaires pour rendre opérationnel son système de navigation par satellite, a annoncé mardi la Commission européenne.
SYRACUSE Programme: new order for Renault Trucks Defense
18.01.2014 army-guide.com
Renault Trucks Defense has signed with Thales a contract for supplying 21 units of vehicles type Premium, Midlum and Sherpa Light carrier dedicated to the tactical stations of the Syracuse III military satellite communications program. In 2009 Renault Trucks Defense has already sold 33 units of Sherpa light carriers. These new vehicles will be delivered in 2011.
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China successfully tests its first orbital unmanned spacecraft
China has successfully tested its first orbital unmanned spacecraft capable of staying in the outer space for at least 270 days and dealing with various defense tasks, including the destruction of communication satellites.