December 2016 Space News |
- Nation to send unmanned probes to Mars, Jupiter by 2030 People's Daily 28 Dec 2016 -- China plans to send unmanned probes to explore Mars and Jupiter by 2030, said a senior space official.
- China Launches New Weather Satellite Fengyun-4 Sputnik 28 Dec 2016 -- According to media reports, China launched a new-generation meteorological satellite, the country's first quantitative remote-sensing satellite in high orbit.
- White paper sets out China's vision as a space power People's Daily 27 Dec 2016 -- China aims to become a space power, according to a white paper on the nation's space activities issued on Tuesday.
- S.Korean presidential hopeful raises doubt about THAAD capability, aim behind deployment People's Daily 27 Dec 2016 -- A rising South Korean presidential hopeful in the opposition bloc raised doubts about the capability of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) and the possibly hidden aim behind the agreed-upon deployment of the U.S. missile defense system in South Korean soil.
- China launches satellite to monitor global carbon emissions People's Daily 22 Dec 2016 -- China launched a carbon dioxide monitoring satellite via a Long March-2D rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi Desert at 3:22 a.m. Thursday.
- Iran to launch 3 more satellites into space: ICT minister Press TV 21 Dec 2016 -- Iran's minister of information and communications technologysays the country plans to send a new domestically-manufactured satellite into space by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (ending on March 20, 2017).
- Azerbaijan to Purchase Israeli Iron Dome Air Defense System Sputnik 17 Dec 2016 -- Baku and Tel Aviv had signed an agreement on procurement of the Israeli Iron Dome air defense system, Azerbaijani Defense Industry Minister Yavar Jamalov said on Saturday.
- S.Korean frontrunner in presidential poll argues for delay of THAAD deployment People's Daily 16 Dec 2016 -- South Korea's frontrunner in presidential polls on Thursday made out his case that the deployment of a U.S. missile defense system in his country must be delayed to allow the next government to review it.
- US Military Tests Ground Forces Communication With Space-Based IR Satellites Sputnik 16 Dec 2016 -- The US military tested the latest version of the ground-based Joint Tactical Ground System (JTAGS) that communicates with space-based infrared satellites.
- Galileo begins serving the globe ESA 15 Dec 2016 -- Europe's own Galileo satellite navigation system has begun operating, with the satellites in space delivering positioning, navigation and timing information to users around the globe.
- No Changes Expected in US Plans to Deploy Anti-Ballistic Missiles in South Korea Sputnik 15 Dec 2016 -- The deployment of an anti-ballistic missile system by the United States in South Korea is expected to proceed despite the recent impeachment of South Korea's president, according to White House spokesperson Josh Earnest.
- MDA conducts SM-6 MRBM intercept test MDA 14 Dec 2016 -- The Missile Defense Agency and sailors aboard USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53), an Aegis baseline 9.C1 equipped destroyer, today successfully fired a salvo of two SM-6 Dual I missiles against a complex medium-range ballistic missile target, demonstrating the Sea Based Terminal endo-atmospheric defensive capability and meeting the test's primary objective.
- Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force Move Forward with Ground System Upgrade to Support Contingency GPS III Operations Lockheed Martin 12 Dec 2016 -- The U.S. Air Force approved Lockheed Martin's design to upgrade the current GPS satellite ground control system with new capabilities that will enable it to operate more powerful and accurate GPS III satellites.
- China launches new-generation weather satellite People's Daily 11 Dec 2016 -- China launched a weather satellite at 12:11 a.m. Sunday, marking an upgrade of China's meteorological satellites in geostationary orbit.
- China to build its 2nd overseas observatory in Chile People's Daily 10 Dec 2016 -- China has signed an agreement to build an observatory in northern Chile, the best place in the world to observe the sky.
- Pentagon Claims China Preparing Anti-Satellite Missile Test Sputnik 10 Dec 2016 -- Beijing is gearing up to test fire a powerful new asymmetric-warfare weapon, a missile designed to destroy satellites in space.
- US Space Command Chief: China Eyeing Space War Dominance VOA 09 Dec 2016 -- A top U.S. military official says the U.S. is actively pursuing abilities to deter Russia and China from waging a conflict in space.
- American Space Icon, US Senator John Glenn Dies Sputnik 08 Dec 2016 -- John Glenn has died at the age of 95. He was a US astronaut and US senator that served the state of Ohio.
- John Glenn, First US Astronaut to Orbit the Earth, Dies at 95 VOA 08 Dec 2016 -- John Glenn, the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the earth, has died at age 95, officials said.
- India Launches Third Resource Monitoring Satellite for Commercial Use Sputnik 07 Dec 2016 -- India has launched a third satellite for the same series to offer improved services to its customers for remote sensing data.
- New SBIRS Block 10 Ground System achieves operational acceptance AFNS 06 Dec 2016 -- Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center and the 460th Space Wing successfully achieved operational acceptance of the Space-Based Infrared Systems (SBIRS) Block 10 ground system Dec. 2.
- 'Sky Turk': First Turkish Spy Satellite Blast Off From French Guiana Sputnik 05 Dec 2016 -- Turkey's first first high-definition reconnaissance satellite was launched on Monday from the Kourou space center in French Guiana, Turkey's NTV television reported.
- South Korea to Increase Missile Defense Spending by $143Mln in 2017 Sputnik 05 Dec 2016 -- South Korea will increase spending on missile defense systems by $143 million in 2017 amid North Korean threat.
- South Korea to Increase Missile Defense Spending by $143Mln in 2017 Sputnik 05 Dec 2016 -- South Korea will increase spending on missile defense systems by $143 million in 2017 amid North Korean threat.
- Negligence in Rocket Engine Assembly Could Have Downed Russian Spacecraft Sputnik 02 Dec 2016 -- Negligence in the assembly of a carrier rocket's third-stage engine could have caused the Russian Progress space freighter to fall in southern Siberia, a source in the Russian space industry said Friday.
- Russian Space Agency Confirms Progress Cargo Spacecraft Burns Up in Atmosphere Sputnik 01 Dec 2016 -- Russian space agency Roscosmos has confirmed that Progress cargo spacecraft burned up it the atmosphere and its debris fell in south Siberia's Tuva Republic.
- Contact Lost With Cargo Ship En Route To International Space Station RFE/RL 01 Dec 2016 -- Russia's space agency says it has lost contact with an unmanned cargo ship shortly after it blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with supplies for the International Space Station.
- Unmanned Russian Rocket Delivering Cargo to ISS Suffers Rocket Anomaly - NASA Sputnik 01 Dec 2016 -- An unmanned Russian rocket with supplies for the International Space Station suffered an anomaly shortly after its launch from the Baiknour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced in a press release on Thursday.
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