In a post on AllThingsNuclear.org, scientist Laura Grego examines U.S. claims linking the Chinese military to alleged hacking attacks on two Earth observation satellites, and concludes there is very little evidence to back them up.

All Things Nuclear, the blog of the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, reports that although Beijing has yet to make it official, there are “good signs” that China plans to launch its Tiangong 1 experimental space laboratory before the end of the month.