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11.04.2024 - 23:15 [ United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs ]

RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2222 (XXI). Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies

(19. Dezember 1966)

Article III

States Parties to the Treaty shall carry on activities in the exploration and use of outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, in accordance with international law, including the Charter of the United Nations, in the interest of maintaining international peace and security and promoting international co-operation and understanding.

Article IV

States Parties to the Treaty undertake not to place in orbit around the earth any objects carrying nuclear weapons or any other kinds of weapons of mass destruction, install such weapons on celestial bodies, or station such weapons in outer space in any other manner.

The moon and other celestial bodies shall be used by all States Parties to the Treaty exclusively for peaceful purposes. The establishment of military bases, installations and fortifications, the testing of any type of weapons and the conduct of military manoeuvres on celestial bodies shall be forbidden. The use of military personnel for scientific research or for any other peaceful purposes shall not be prohibited. The use of any equipment or facility necessary for peaceful exploration of the moon and other celestial bodies shall also not be prohibited.

11.04.2024 - 23:10 [ Tass ]

Russia, US in touch on non-deployment of nuclear weapons in space — MFA

„This (US accusations – TASS) is nothing more than another attempt to find pretexts to smear Moscow‘s policies. We repeat once again for those who have not yet memorized this, that Russia is fully committed to its obligations under multilateral agreements, including those related to outer space,“ Ryabkov said. „These agreements speak for themselves. We will also continue to promote initiatives concerning the prevention of an arms race in outer space and no first placement of weapons in space.„

18.01.2024 - 00:44 [ Radio Utopie ]

DER MOBILE TELEVISOR (III): “Boden durchdringender Radar” aus Luftraum und Orbit

(17. Februar 2013)

Die optische Auflösung von Bildern mobiler “Televisoren” (durch Materialien sehender visueller Erfassungsapparaturen) hängt grundsätzlich von der Wellenlänge / Frequenz ab und nimmt mit zunehmender Wellenlänge (d.h.: abnehmender Frequenz) ab.

Für potentiell flächendeckende Durchleuchtung von Metropolen mit ihren tausenden Gebäuden und Kellerräumen bietet sich – wenn auch nicht mit gleicher optischer Auflösung wie bei unmittelbarer Nähe des Zielobjekts und Verwendung von hochfrequenter elektromagnetischer Strahlung – der Einsatz von etwas niedriger frequenten Millimeterwellen aus der Luft an, etwa durch Drohnen. Bereits im September 2008 hatte das U.S.-Militär, nach jahrelanger und in Zeiten des “Antiterrorismus” massiv finanziell geförderter Forschung, an die Presse dringen lassen, man setze in Kriegsgebieten Drohnen mit Überwachungstechnologien ein, die “das Verfolgen von menschlichen Zielen erlauben, selbst wenn sie in Gebäuden oder auf andere Art versteckt sind”.

21.10.2023 - 20:51 [ National Aeronautics and Space Administration ]

NASA’s Laser Communications Relay: A Year of Experimentation

(Jun 28, 2023)

The Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) uses infrared light, or invisible lasers, to transmit and receive signals rather than radio wave systems conventionally used on spacecraft. Infrared light’s tight wavelengths allow space missions to pack significantly more data – 10 to 100 times more – into a single transmission. More data means more discoveries.

Now, at the halfway point in its experimentation phase, LCRD has shown laser communications’ significant advantages over traditional radio wave systems.

18.05.2023 - 04:05 [ Telegraph.co.uk ]

American Patriots nailed Putin’s hypersonic Kinzhal missile. The world has changed

Today the US National Missile Defence effort is explicitly limited to defence against the sort of attack that might be mounted by a rogue state such as North Korea: it is specifically forbidden to work on things which might be able to stop Russia’s vast ICBM force, to avoid panicking Vladimir Putin.

04.08.2021 - 17:52 [ Xinhuanet ]

China sends two multimedia satellites into orbit

The launch was the 382nd flight mission for the Long March series carrier rockets.

16.05.2021 - 06:13 [ Radio Utopie ]

DER MOBILE TELEVISOR (III): „Boden durchdringender Radar“ aus Luftraum und Orbit

(17.03.2013)

Für die Durchleuchtung von Materialien aus größerer Entfernung, etwa aus dem Weltraum, wird niedrig frequente elektromagnetische Strahlung im Spektrum der Kurzwelle angewendet. Bereits seit 2004 wird zumindest durch eine Agency mittels von Satelliten ausgesendeter Strahlung mit einer Wellenlänge von 50 Metern (6 MHz) bis 100 Metern (3 MHz) offiziell nicht nur durch sämtliche Materialien auf der Oberfläche, sondern kilometertief ins Innere des Planeten vorgedrungen. Bei der Agency handelte es sich um die „European Space Agency“ E.S.A. und beim Planeten um den Mars.

Verwendet wurde das vor dem Start der Mars Express Sonde in 2003 entwickelte M.A.R.S.I.S.-System („Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding“), welches für seinen Boden durchdringenden Radar („ground-penetrating radar“, G.P.R.) Techniken des „synthetic aperture radar“ („künstliche Schlitze Radar“, S.A.R.) verwendet. Das offiziell unter Kontrolle der Bundeswehr mit ihrem „Kommando Strategische Aufklärung“ stehende, aber ebenfalls vom Bundesnachrichtendienst B.N.D. genutzte Satellitensystem „SAR-Lupe“, welches diese Technik verwendet und offiziell seine volle Leistungsfähigkeit 2008 erreichte, sollte allen ein Begriff sein, was es nicht ist. Diesbezüglich gilt es darauf hinzuweisen, dass verfassungsrechtlich der Militäreinsatz im Inneren entsprechend neu definiert und effektiv überprüft werden müsste, was er nicht wird.

20.03.2021 - 15:19 [ Arab News ]

Launch of Saudi Arabia designed satellites postponed

The Russian Soyuz-2.1a rocket and its Fregat upper stage was scheduled for takeoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to deliver 38 satellites from 18 countries, including that of Saudi Arabia, into orbit after approval was given to load kerosene and liquid oxygen propellants in the rocket.

28.02.2021 - 21:17 [ Trend.az ]

Russia launches its first Arctic-monitoring satellite

The creation of a satellite system in highly elliptical orbits is necessary for information collection to solve operational meteorology and hydrology problems, and monitoring the climate and environment in the Arctic region, it said.

06.02.2021 - 08:35 [ NDTV ]

China‘s Space Probe Sends Back Its First Image Of Mars

The black-and-white photo released late Friday by the China National Space Administration showed geological features including the Schiaparelli crater and the Valles Marineris, a vast stretch of canyons on the Martian surface.

29.11.2020 - 21:25 [ NASA ]

Japan launches joint military, scientific optical data relay satellite

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan plans launched an H-IIA rocket on Sunday, 29 November to deploy a top secret communications satellite to support the country’s reconnaissance and scientific programs.

06.11.2020 - 14:42 [ Xinhuanet ]

China sends 13 satellites into orbit with single rocket

The satellites, including 10 commercial remote sensing satellites developed by Argentine company Satellogic, blasted off atop a Long March-6 carrier rocket at 11:19 a.m. (Beijing Time).

20.10.2020 - 05:19 [ Stars and Stripes ]

Ramstein Air Base to house new NATO space center

The U.S.-led NATO alliance is expected to approve plans this week for a new space center at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, which will serve as a hub against threats to allied military satellites, a NATO official said Monday.

14.10.2020 - 03:34 [ Team Luftwaffe / Twitter ]

Mit den Daten des #GESTRA können Objekte im Weltraum erfasst und deren Bahn vermessen werden. Das Air and Space Operation Centre #ASOC in Uedem erhält damit ein Lagebild im Weltraum und kann warnen, bevor es da oben mal „eng“ wird. @DLR_de @JFACHQDEU

14.10.2020 - 03:17 [ Xinhuanet ]

Germany installs space debris tracking radar

Formally known as the German Experimental Space Surveillance and Tracking Radar (GESTRA), it was built by the Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques and was installed at a Bundeswehr (German Federal Defense Forces) facility.

15.09.2020 - 19:20 [ Xinhuanet ]

China sends nine satellites into orbit by sea launch

Nine satellites, belonging to the Jilin-1 Gaofen 03-1 group, are launched by a Long March-11 carrier rocket at the Yellow Sea, on Sept. 15, 2020. China successfully sent nine satellites into planned orbit at the Yellow Sea Tuesday. The nine satellites blasted off atop a Long March-11 carrier rocket, China‘s first sea-launched rocket, at 9:23 a.m. (Beijing Time).

25.07.2020 - 02:56 [ Xinhuanet ]

U.S., Russia to hold talks on arms control, space security in Vienna

A U.S. delegation of staff members from the departments of State, Defense, Energy, and the National Security Council will hold a U.S.-Russia Space Security Exchange in the Austrian capital on July 27, U.S. State Department said in a statement.

12.07.2020 - 22:59 [ SBS ]

Australia‘s first Aboriginal-owned ground station could be vital for space research

The facility has now become part of a global network known as Real-Time Earth ground stations, tracking low orbit satellites and feeding back the data in real-time to the end-user.

05.07.2020 - 15:00 [ Spaceflight Now ]

Rocket Lab satellite launch fails before reaching orbit

Carrying satellites from the United States, Japan and the United Kingdom, the Electron launcher lifted off from Rocket Lab’s privately-run spaceport on New Zealand’s North Island at 5:19:36 p.m. EDT (2119:36 GMT).

05.07.2020 - 14:53 [ Xinhuanet ]

China launches satellite for space environment study

China successfully sent a satellite for space environment study and related technology experiments into the planned orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Sunday.

24.06.2020 - 00:50 [ Space News ]

China launches final satellite to complete Beidou system, booster falls downrange

The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) confirmed the Long March 3B launch vehicle had successfully placed the Beidou-3 satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit shortly after. The satellite was later reported catalogued in a 218 x 35,784-kilometer orbit.

30.05.2020 - 15:45 [ NBC / Youtube ]

Live: SpaceX, NASA Launch U.S. Astronauts To International Space Station | NBC News

Watch live coverage as Elon Musk’s SpaceX and NASA make a second attempt at liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule with two U.S. astronauts. This is the first mission of its kind to the International Space Station in nearly a decade.

26.05.2020 - 01:59 [ Ars Technica ]

Virgin Orbit loses its first rocket shortly after engine ignition

After more than seven years of development, testing, and preparation, Virgin Orbit reached an important moment on Monday—dropping and igniting its LauncherOne rocket over the Pacific Ocean. Unfortunately, shortly after ignition an „anomaly“ occurred, the company said.

11.05.2020 - 02:25 [ Spaceflight Now ]

U.S. military tracking unguided re-entry of large Chinese rocket

The core stage of China’s Long March 5B rocket is expected to fall back to Earth unguided after nearly a week in orbit. The Long March 5B rocket launched May 5 with a prototype for a next-generation Chinese crew capsule.

11.05.2020 - 02:14 [ The Straits Times ]

Russian rocket breaks up in Earth orbit

Russia‘s space agency on Sunday (May 10) confirmed one of its rockets used in past launches and floating in space has broken down, leaving debris in orbit.

The agency said the Fregat-SB upper stage rocket was used to deliver the Russian scientific satellite Spektr-R to orbit in 2011.

10.04.2020 - 16:41 [ European Space Agency ]

Merkur: BepiColombo macht letzte Schnappschüsse von der Erde

Darüber hinaus waren einige der Sensoren der zweiten Missionskomponente, nämlich des JAXA-Magnetosphärenorbiters (Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter, kurz MIO), aktiviert.

26.03.2020 - 22:29 [ The Hill ]

Space Force launches first mission

The U.S. Space Force conducted its first launch Thursday, sending a military communications satellite into orbit. At 4:18 p.m., a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket blasted the sixth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite into space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

22.03.2020 - 03:53 [ TASS ]

Soyuz-2.1b rocket launches OneWeb satellites from Baikonur space port

In total, OneWeb plans to deploy about 600 satellites on the near-earth orbit. By 2021, the British company expects to ensure full-time communication for users around the globe.

19.02.2020 - 02:38 [ Ruptly / Youtube ]

LIVE: Ariane rocket launches two telecommunications satellites from French Guiana

The Ariane 5 rocket will carry the JCSAT17 for the Japanese operator SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation and the GEOKOMPSAT-2B for Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI).

10.02.2020 - 01:46 [ France24 ]

Iranian satellite fails to reach orbit in latest setback for space programme

“Stage-1 and stage-2 motors of the carrier functioned properly and the satellite was successfully detached from its carrier, but at the end of its path it did not reach the required speed for being put in the orbit,” Defense Ministry space programme spokesman Ahmad Hosseini told state TV.

06.01.2020 - 03:32 [ Xinhuanet ]

China‘s heaviest satellite positioned in geosynchronous orbit

China‘s heaviest and most advanced satellite, Shijian-20, reached its fixed position in geosynchronous orbit Sunday, marking the first successful flight of DFH-5 satellite platform, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

23.11.2019 - 01:35 [ The New York Times ]

Egypt to Send Its First Communication Satellite Into Orbit on Friday

The 5.6-tonne satellite made by Airbus and Thales Alenia Space (TAS) will remain in orbit for at least 15 years to provide „every inch“ of Egypt with call and internet services, state officials said…. The Egyptian Space Agency will run the satellite from a control center in Cairo.

24.08.2019 - 12:34 [ SpaceNews.com ]

Administration policies seek to promote use of space nuclear power

A revised policy for approving the launch of spacecraft with nuclear power systems is the latest measure intended to support greater use of nuclear power systems in orbit and beyond.

The policy, formally issued by President Trump Aug. 20 to coincide with the latest public meeting of the National Space Council, updates guidelines for how both government and commercial spacecraft carrying space nuclear systems are reviewed and approved for launch.

24.08.2019 - 12:32 [ Weißes Haus ]

Presidential Memorandum on Launch of Spacecraft Containing Space Nuclear Systems

This memorandum establishes processes for Federal Government launches and launches for which the Department of Transportation (DOT) has statutory authority to license as commercial space launch activities (commercial launches). These processes include transparent safety guidelines and are forward-looking and amenable to effective use of space nuclear systems for heating, power, and propulsion.

02.08.2019 - 17:58 [ Radio Utopie ]

DER MOBILE TELEVISOR (III): „Boden durchdringender Radar“ aus Luftraum und Orbit

(17.03.2013)

Für die Durchleuchtung von Materialien aus größerer Entfernung, etwa aus dem Weltraum, wird niedrig frequente elektromagnetische Strahlung im Spektrum der Kurzwelle angewendet. Bereits seit 2004 wird zumindest durch eine Agency mittels von Satelliten ausgesendeter Strahlung mit einer Wellenlänge von 50 Metern (6 MHz) bis 100 Metern (3 MHz) offiziell nicht nur durch sämtliche Materialien auf der Oberfläche, sondern kilometertief ins Innere des Planeten vorgedrungen. Bei der Agency handelte es sich um die „European Space Agency“ E.S.A. und beim Planeten um den Mars.

Verwendet wurde das vor dem Start der Mars Express Sonde in 2003 entwickelte M.A.R.S.I.S.-System („Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding“), welches für seinen Boden durchdringenden Radar („ground-penetrating radar“, G.P.R.) Techniken des „synthetic aperture radar“ („künstliche Schlitze Radar“, S.A.R.) verwendet. Das offiziell unter Kontrolle der Bundeswehr mit ihrem „Kommando Strategische Aufklärung“ stehende, aber ebenfalls vom Bundesnachrichtendienst B.N.D. genutzte Satellitensystem „SAR-Lupe“, welches diese Technik verwendet und offiziell seine volle Leistungsfähigkeit 2008 erreichte, sollte allen ein Begriff sein, was es nicht ist. Diesbezüglich gilt es darauf hinzuweisen, dass verfassungsrechtlich der Militäreinsatz im Inneren entsprechend neu definiert und effektiv überprüft werden müsste, was er nicht wird.

10.03.2019 - 03:35 [ Xinhuanet ]

China launches new communication satellite

The satellite has been sent to the geostationary orbit, and can cover China, Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific island countries.