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A new U.S. Space Force video "demands action" on space debris and asks the private sector for their help cleaning up the growing space mess.

The video was released Jan. 5 on the Space Force's SpaceWERX website (its technology branch) to push a program called Orbital Prime, which aims to test out an on orbit-system within two to four years. The first solicitation is due Feb. 17.

Space debris, said Vice Chief of Space Operations Lt. Gen. David Thompson in the video, "demands action and provides an opportunity for partnership in the search for innovative solutions to recycle, reuse or remove these objects."

Space Force's ask for partnerships took place weeks after an anti-satellite test by Russia in November produced so much debris that the risk of strikes to the International Space Station has increased measurably, according to NASA.

US Space Force's 'Orbital Prime' project aims to attack space debris by recycling or removing junk

The military branch wants to test on-orbit systems within two to four years with it Orbital Prime project.

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Lockheed Martin, the largest U.S. defense contractor, has dropped its proposal to buy rocket-engine maker Aerojet Rocketdyne, but experts said another suitor could emerge.

The Sacramento-based Aerojet has produced engines for the space shuttle, is working on engines for NASA's next moon rockets and is also developing hypersonic missile systems for the U.S. military.

Lockheed said Monday it was dropping the merger plan because the Federal Trade Commission sued to block the deal due to fears that Maryland-based Lockheed would achieve a stranglehold over missile production.

But the end of Lockheed's bid doesn't mean someone else won't come along and buy Aerojet, according to Cynthia Cook, a director at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank.

End of Lockheed bid for Aerojet Rocketdyne may impact space, missile markets

Washington DC (UPI) Feb 15, 2021 - Lockheed Martin, the largest U.S. defense contractor, has dropped its proposal to buy rocket-engine maker Aerojet Rocketdyne, but experts said another suitor could emerge.

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Lockheed CEO James Taiclet said in a statement Monday that buying Aerojet "would have benefited the entire industry through greater efficiency, speed and significant cost reductions for the U.S. government." But he said the company didn't want to proceed in a federal suit against the FTC.

The FTC had argued that buying Aerojet would have allowed Lockheed to cut off other contractors from critical components needed to build missiles.

"Without competitive pressure, Lockheed can jack up the price the U.S. government has to pay, while delivering lower quality and less innovation. We cannot afford to allow further concentration in markets critical to our national security and defense," FTC Bureau of Competition Director Holly Vedova said in a news release.

 

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End of Lockheed bid for Aerojet Rocketdyne may impact space, missile markets

Washington DC (UPI) Feb 15, 2021 - Lockheed Martin, the largest U.S. defense contractor, has dropped its proposal to buy rocket-engine maker Aerojet Rocketdyne, but experts said another suitor could emerge.

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Veikkauksia, ostaako tuon sitten Boeing vai Northrop Grumman? Jälkimmäinen on hiljakseen rakentanut omaa avaruusklusteriaan vahvemmaksi, kun ensimmäinen valmistaa SLS-rakettia jonka moottorit ovat pääosin AJRD:n tuottamia.

 

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Veikkauksia, ostaako tuon sitten Boeing vai Northrop Grumman?

Bezos kaivaa taskusta sopivan summan, mille kumpikaan ei voi mitään?

 

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The Pentagon’s innovation hub is working with industry to identify satellite spoofing operations using commercially available data.

Through a new program called Harmonious Rook, the Defense Innovation Unit has partnered with geospatial intelligence company Orbital Insight to develop a platform that can detect Global Navigation Satellite System spoofing. The company announced the contract in a Feb. 10 news release.

“Orbital Insight’s platform will leverage its multisensory data stack, artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities to alert analysts and operators to potential jamming and spoofing events, techniques commonly used by adversarial actors to cover up activities or sabotage operations,” the company said.

The Defense Department is not alone in its concerns about location data manipulation, as users around the globe are dependent on GNSS-based systems. However, spoofing can have significant national security implications and could impact missions highly reliant on positioning, navigation and timing capabilities.

The Pentagon has worked to make its GPS enterprise more resilient against spoofing, upgrading its satellites to broadcast jam-resistant M-Code signals and fielding modernized user devices and antennas that can receive those signals.

But the technology under development through Harmonious Rook focuses on detection and will combine geolocation data with advanced algorithms that can recognize spoofing-related anomalies.

“GNSS spoofing is essentially a data problem, and Orbital Insight’s AI and deep data stack can help identify spoofing, along with other major humanitarian and environmental challenges,” Orbital Insight CEO Kevin O’Brien said in the release. “This is a perfect example of private and public sectors uniting through technology.”

Defense Innovation Unit partners with Orbital Insight to take on satellite spoofing

Under a new contract, Orbital Insight will use commercially available data and advanced algorithms to detect and alert operators to possible spoofing attempts.

www.defensenews.com

 

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Bezos kaivaa taskusta sopivan summan, mille kumpikaan ei voi mitään?

Bezos on yksityishenkilöksi rikas, mutta yritysten resursseihin verrattuna hänen henkilökohtaiset varat aika vaatimattomat, koska ylivoimaisesti suurinosa tuosta Bezosin lasketusta arvosta on Amazonin osakkeita joita se ei voi halutessaan myydä romuttamatta koko kurssia. Ns "käteistä rahaa" eli jotain varoja jotka voi lyhyellä varoituksella ja ilman suuria menetyksiä vaan myydä hänellä on "vain" joitain yksittäisiä miljardeja.
Esim Boeingilla on tätä tuhlausrahaa tällä hetkellä noin 30 miljardia.

 

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Esim Boeingilla on tätä tuhlausrahaa tällä hetkellä noin 30 miljardia.

ongelma heillä on sama kuin LMllä. Liikaa puolustusalan bisneksiä.

 

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Bezos on yksityishenkilöksi rikas, mutta yritysten resursseihin verrattuna hänen henkilökohtaiset varat aika vaatimattomat, koska ylivoimaisesti suurinosa tuosta Bezosin lasketusta arvosta on Amazonin osakkeita joita se ei voi halutessaan myydä romuttamatta koko kurssia. Ns "käteistä rahaa" eli jotain varoja jotka voi lyhyellä varoituksella ja ilman suuria menetyksiä vaan myydä hänellä on "vain" joitain yksittäisiä miljardeja.
Esim Boeingilla on tätä tuhlausrahaa tällä hetkellä noin 30 miljardia.

BO on koittanut asemoitua selkeässä määrin Aerojetin kilpailijaksi moottorivalmistajana. Tuo varmasti tekee kilpailijan ostamisesta kiinnostavan ajatuksen, mutta voi johtaa samaan ongelmaan kilpailuviranomaisten kanssa kuin LockMartin kohdalla kävi.

 

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Veikkauksia, ostaako tuon sitten Boeing vai Northrop Grumman? Jälkimmäinen on hiljakseen rakentanut omaa avaruusklusteriaan vahvemmaksi, kun ensimmäinen valmistaa SLS-rakettia jonka moottorit ovat pääosin AJRD:n tuottamia.

Northrop Grumman ei ainakaan saa lupaa Aerojetin ostoon sillä he onnistuivat ostamaan kilpailevan Orbital ATK:n.

 

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Jätän tänne

 

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Jätän tänne

May The Force be with You!

 

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The moon is top of mind for many national space programs and private companies, with some planning to send humans back to the lunar surface as early as 2025.

In advance, scientists are launching satellites and other payloads to orbit the moon. But so far, no one has kept track of just how many artificial objects are already up there, or where they are at any given moment. Without a way to keep track of traffic, the orbital space surrounding the moon could quickly grow crowded.

The Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate has tasked University of Arizona researchers with getting a handle on this impending lunar traffic jam, awarding them $7.5 million in funding.

"The University of Arizona has been a world leader in space exploration for decades, and our scientists were instrumental in mapping the surface of the moon for NASA's Apollo 11 mission in 1969," said University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins. "We are now building upon this legacy to better understand and proactively address possible traffic congestion between Earth and the moon."

Principal investigators Roberto Furfaro, professor of systems and industrial engineering, and Vishnu Reddy, an associate professor in the College of Science's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, are developing ways to detect, characterize and track objects in cislunar space, or the space between Earth and the moon.

"With projects like the Catalina Sky Survey and Near-Earth Object Surveyor mission, LPL is at the cutting edge of detecting and characterizing natural moving space objects such as asteroids," said Carmala Garzione, dean of the College of Science. "This team is drawing on decades of expertise to do the same for humanmade objects between Earth and the moon."

Preventing Lunar traffic jams

Tucson AZ (SPX) Feb 15, 2022 - The moon is top of mind for many national space programs and private companies, with some planning to send humans back to the lunar surface as early as 2025. In advance, scientists are launchi

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Various satellites could be targets of the Russian military as it invades Ukraine, said the head of the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), which operates the nation's fleet of spy satellites.

"I think we're seeing pretty clearly that Russia is committed to doing what they want to do in Ukraine, and they want to win," NRO Director Christopher Scolese said Wednesday (Feb. 23) at the National Security Space Association's Defense and Intelligence Space Conference, SpaceNews reported.

"So I think it's fair to assume that, to the extent that they can, and to the extent that they feel it won't extend the conflict out of their control, that they will extend it into space," Scolese added. Russian military forces invaded Ukraine early Thursday local time, according to the New York Times.

Russian military could target satellites amid Ukraine conflict, NRO chief warns: report

'It's better to be prepared than surprised.'

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The United States joins Australia, Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom in the joint release of the "Combined Space Operations (CSpO) Vision 2031" today.

CSpO is an initiative to address the overarching need to encourage responsible use of space, recognizing challenges to space sustainability, threats presented by technological advances, and the increasingly comprehensive and aggressive counterspace programs of other nation states.

The "CSpO Vision 2031" outlines the initiative's overarching purpose and highlights its guiding principles, including: freedom of use of space, responsible and sustainable use of space, partnering while recognizing sovereignty, and upholding international law.

These guiding principles steer the initiative's objectives and are supported by several lines of effort, from developing and operating resilient, interoperable architectures to fostering responsible military behaviors in space and sharing intelligence and information, all leading to the pursuit of a safe, secure, and sustainable space domain.

CSpO Principals last met in December 2021, reaffirming their nations' support to the Vision, including the intent to prevent conflicts extending to or originating in space and to hold accountable those who threaten the safety of the space environment and the space assets of others.

Representatives from the Department of Defense specifically addressed the importance of information sharing, leading to greater cooperation and interoperability, all key CSpO components.

Pentagon and Partners Release Combined Space Operations Vision 2031

Arlington VA (SPX) Feb 24, 2022 - The United States joins Australia, Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom in the joint release of the Combined Space Operations (CSpO) Vision 2031 today. CSpO is an ini

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Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine this week will have devastating consequences for the people on the ground. Although the terrestrial implications of this war are far greater than those for spaceflight, there will nonetheless be ripple effects felt by space programs around the world.

During a speech on Thursday about US sanctions on Russia as a result of its invasion, President Joe Biden even mentioned space. "Between our actions and those of our allies and partners, we estimate that we’ll cut off more than half of Russia’s high tech imports and will strike a blow to their ability to continue to modernize their military," he said. "It’ll degrade their aerospace industry, including their space program."

So what does this mean? While it is very early in this crisis, this article will attempt to draw the broad outlines of how this conflict may impact spaceflight. As the situation is dynamic and the political landscape is tumultuous, please note that rapid changes are possible.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine will have myriad impacts on spaceflight

“If you block cooperation with us, who will save the ISS from an unguided de-orbit?”…

arstechnica.com

 

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This week, the US Air Force Research Laboratory released a video on YouTube that didn't get much attention. But it made an announcement that is fairly significant—the US military plans to extend its space awareness capabilities beyond geostationary orbit, all the way to the Moon.

"Until now, the United States space mission extended 22,000 miles above Earth," a narrator says in the video. "That was then, this is now. The Air Force Research Laboratory is extending that range by 10 times and the operations area of the United States by 1,000 times, taking our reach to the far side of the Moon into cislunar space."

The US military had previously talked about extending its operational domain, but now it is taking action. It plans to launch a satellite, likely equipped with a powerful telescope, into cislunar space. According to the video, the satellite will be called the Cislunar Highway Patrol System or, you guessed it, CHPS. The research laboratory plans to issue a "request for prototype proposals" for the CHPS satellite on March 21 and announce the contract award in July. The CHPS program will be managed by Michael Lopez, from the lab's Space Vehicles Directorate. (Alas, we were rooting for Erik Estrada).

The US Space Force plans to start patrolling the area around the Moon

“Until now, the United States space mission extended 22,000 miles above Earth.”…

arstechnica.com

 

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ongelma heillä on sama kuin LMllä. Liikaa puolustusalan bisneksiä.

Jaa, itse arvelen että juuri tämän vuoksi mainittujen pumppujen tulokset tulevat olemaan suorastaan astronomisen hyviä nähtävissä olevassa tulevaisuudessa.

 

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Jaa, itse arvelen että juuri tämän vuoksi mainittujen pumppujen tulokset tulevat olemaan suorastaan astronomisen hyviä nähtävissä olevassa tulevaisuudessa.

Boieng ei ole hyvässä tuulessa jenkeissä. Ei varsinkaan kun Netflixin dokkari heidän vehkeilystä tuli ulos toissa viikolla.

 

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Onhan näitä scandaaleja ollut aina. VW päästökusetus nyt esim. yksi suurimmista.
Ihmiset nyt vaan tarvitsevat niitä lentsikoita ja autoja.

 

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Strategic competitors China and Russia have watched the Defense Department's way of projecting power for at least two decades, if not longer, the commander of U.S. Northern Command said.

"They understand if we're allowed to project that force forward, that won't turn out well. So, they've developed capabilities below the nuclear threshold to hold us at risk with the idea that they can delay, disrupt our force flow, or destroy our will, so that we don't project power into their regional crisis or regional conflict," Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck said at the 2022 Air Force Association Warfare Symposium.

"My concern with that is they're eroding our decision space and our deterrence options for the homeland especially. And it's decreasing our senior leaders' decision space," he said.

The threat today demands that that the United States must think differently about how it's going to defend the homeland, he said.

That doesn't necessarily mean putting air and missile defense batteries all over the place, he said. "It's figuring out what we must defend that could bring us to our knees in a crisis or conflict."

That's a policy decision that DOD has been working on for a while, and that's a broad decision that must be made across agencies. It requires significant analysis and determination of what key critical infrastructure areas need to be protected, he said, mentioning finance, energy and economics as critical infrastructure.

The key strategy for DOD is integrated deterrence, which creates options for decision-makers. Integrated deterrence involves every combatant command in every domain, the whole of government, and allies and partners, he said.

"Integrated deterrence is a whole of government approach," said Army Gen. James H. Dickinson, U.S. Space Command commander.

Unlike during the Cold War, the threat is no longer clear and consistent, Dickinson said. It's important to leverage all levers of national power to improve capabilities, understand regional security, and grow partnerships as part of integrated deterrence.

Dickinson also mentioned the importance of space capabilities - not only for military use, but also for the economic well-being of the world economy.

It is troubling that China and Russia have employed weapons that threaten the space domain, such as space vehicles that can be used to grapple and disable other satellites, he said.

Spacecom supports both Northcom and the North American Aerospace Defense Command by providing early, rapid and accurate missile-warning data via on orbit assets as well as with radars and electro-optical sensors around the world, he noted.

Integrated deterrence is key to protecting US, Allies and Partners

Washington DC (AFNS) Mar 04, 2022 - Strategic competitors China and Russia have watched the Defense Department's way of projecting power for at least two decades, if not longer, the commander of U.S. Northern Command said. They

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