HERZLIYA, Israel — At least one senior Israeli government official and a growing chorus of experts here are urging Israel’s defense establishment to develop and deploy anti-satellite (ASAT) capabilities designed to disable or destroy enemy space-based imaging systems.
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WASHINGTON — The agency responsible for providing imagery for the U.S. Department of Defense would like to step up its use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), an official said.
Europe Studying Role Space Should Play in Homeland Security
PARIS — A consortium of European companies including space-hardware builders, satellite ground-network operators and aerospace-research institutes have been given 15 months to make the case that Europe’s evolving homeland-security program should include a substantial space element.
European Government, Industry Want Bigger Role for EDA
PARIS — European government and industry officials hope the newly formed European Defense Agency (EDA) will succeed in federating Europe’s still-divided defense-technology procurement efforts, an achievement that has eluded the half-dozen other European institutions that preceded it.
Europe, Russia To Join Forces for Future Rocket Development
DARMSTADT, Germany — Europe and Russia will sign a broad launcher-cooperation agreement Jan. 19 covering the use of Russia’s Soyuz rocket by Europe and a long-term agreement on co-development of future launch vehicles, European Space Agency (ESA) Director-General Jean-Jacques Dordain said.
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First of all, it is a bit uncomfortable discussing the challenges facing the next head of NASA while Sean O’Keefe is still very much in place as a dministrator, and is certain to remain such for some weeks yet. Mr. O’Keefe may be a lame duck, but he continues to make decisions, exercise all facets of his leadership role and will preside over the unveiling of the administration’s 2006 budget proposal
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In 2002 many of Wall Street’s biggest investment-banking firms reduced or eliminated their coverage of the satellite industry. The long-expected proliferation of stock offerings was not occurring , the industry’s growth was stagnating and some of the promising business areas had flopped as investment opportunities.
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A s NASA sorts out the internal issues related to the resignation of its administrator, it also faces numerous external challenges in the upcoming year. Among them will be trans-Atlantic relations since the context for European space is evolving very quickly. An understanding of the changes in policy, organizational structure and funding at the European-level are important, since they undoubtedly are going to affect the nature of traditional European-U.S. space cooperation.
DoD Eyes Lower Funding for T-Sat, Missile Defense
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force plans to spend less money than previously anticipated in the coming years for a next-generation satellite communications system , and will examine scaling back the capability of a space-based missile warning system already well into development, according to an internal Pentagon budget document.
France’s Helios 2A Recon Satellite Produces First Images
PARIS — The French Helios 2A optical reconnaissance satellite launched Dec. 18 has produced a first series of images that confirm the health of its on-board systems, the French Defense Ministry announced.