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Space
13
May

The FAS Challenge of Megaconstellations Webinar – Day 1

May 13, 2022
Click on the blue time links below the video to jump straight to a talk. This FAS webinar is aimed at the interested amateur through to early-career post-doctorate researcher. It aims to bring together expert speakers to explain the challenges that are posed by large constellations of satellites to the use of LEO space, the...
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31
Jan

Military Space Survey Part 5

January 31, 2022
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30
Dec

EMFSA December 2021 Newsletter

December 30, 2021
Photo by Moritz Knöringer on Unsplash Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash Wishing all a wonderful and blessed New Year! Link to the newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/emfsa/ehs-family-love-light-joy-environment
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14
Dec

Space Debris: Houston, We Have a Trash Problem

December 14, 2021
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14
Dec

On the anthropogenic and natural injection of matter into Earth’s atmosphere

December 14, 2021
Leonard Schulz, Karl-Heinz Glassmeier, On the anthropogenic and natural injection of matter into Earth’s atmosphere,Advances in Space Research, Volume 67, Issue 3, 2021, Pages 1002-1025, ISSN 0273-1177,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2020.10.036.(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273117720307663) Abstract Every year, more and more objects are sent to space. The increasing number of countries with space programs, advancing commercialization, and ambitious satellite constellation projects raise concerns...
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21
Nov

Saving the Starry Night

November 21, 2021
Format: Book Describes the scientific and cultural value of the sky Illustrates the environmental damage of excess light Explains the relationship between astronomy and space technology Introduction This book takes a close look at our relationship with the sky, the stars, light and darkness. In particular, it examines how light pollution has interfered with the...
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04
Sep

Outer Space Institute – International Open Letter on Kinetic Anti-Satellite (ASAT) Testing

September 4, 2021
2 September 2021 The Outer Space Institute is pleased to publish the International Open Letter on Kinetic Anti-Satellite (ASAT) Testing, which urges the UN General Assembly to take up consideration of a treaty that would prohibit conducting debris-generating anti-satellite weapon tests. The letter with an appended list of early signatories is available HERE. The Outer Space Institute...
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04
Sep

Space collision: Chinese satellite got whacked by hunk of Russian rocket in March

September 4, 2021
Source: https://www.space.com/space-junk-collision-chinese-satellite-yunhai-1-02 By Mike Wall Yunhai 1-02’s wounds are not self-inflicted. In March, the U.S. Space Force’s 18th Space Control Squadron (18SPCS) reported the breakup of Yunhai 1-02, a Chinese military satellite that launched in September 2019. It was unclear at the time whether the spacecraft had suffered some sort of failure — an explosion in its...
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23
Aug

Amid Space Race, Cybersecurity And Resiliency Remain Concerns: Experts

August 23, 2021
Source: https://breakingdefense.com/2021/08/amid-space-race-cybersecurity-and-resiliency-remain-concerns-experts/ The space rush will result in tens of thousands of new assets launched within the decade, which will create a “truly enormous” cyber attack surface, said Sam Visner, a technical fellow at the MITRE Corporation. By BRAD D. WILLIAMS, August 16 WASHINGTON: A space race is afoot, and in this brave new interstellar world,...
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20
Aug

Pentagon Poised To Unveil, Demonstrate Classified Space Weapon

August 20, 2021
Source: https://breakingdefense.com/2021/08/pentagon-posed-to-unveil-classified-space-weapon/ The push to declassify an existing space weapon is being spearheaded by Gen. John Hyten, the vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. By THERESA HITCHENS on August 20, 2021 WASHINGTON: For months, top officials at the Defense Department have been working toward declassifying the existence of a secret space weapon program...
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