November 2021 Space News |
- China announces ambitious plans for commercial space sector Global Times 25 Nov 2021 -- China has announced a number of ambitious plans for the country's commercial space sector at the seventh China Commercial Aerospace Forum that opened in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province, on Thursday.
- Sweden becomes first non-NATO partner with Patriot Army News 23 Nov 2021 -- Senior leaders from 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, 164th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, and key leaders from the Swedish Armed Forces Air Defense Regiment witnessed a handover ceremony of the Patriot missile system on November 18 in Halmstad, Sweden.
- EU, NATO condemn Russia's anti-satellite missile test People's Daily 20 Nov 2021 -- The European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Friday denounced a recent anti-satellite missile test by Russia.
- Aegis Ashore in Poland on Target for 2022 DoD News 19 Nov 2021 -- The Aegis Ashore capability planned for Poland is moving ahead to be operational by the end of next year, said the program executive officer for Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense.
- Statement by the North Atlantic Council on the recent anti-satellite missile test conducted by the Russian Federation NATO 19 Nov 2021 -- "The North Atlantic Council strongly condemns the Russian Federation's reckless and irresponsible anti-satellite missile test on 15 November 2021."
- US has ignored Russia, China call to discuss space arms treaty: Lavrov Press TV 16 Nov 2021 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the United States has ignored Russian and Chinese proposals to discuss a possible deal on weapons in space.
- US calls Russian anti-satellite missile test 'irresponsible, destructive' Press TV 16 Nov 2021 -- The United States has called a Russian anti-satellite missile test "irresponsible" and "destructive" claiming that it caused a debris field in space that forced astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to temporarily seek shelter.
- Debris Clouds, Endangered Astronauts: What The Fallout From A Russian Anti-Satellite Test Means For Space RFE/RL 16 Nov 2021 -- In December 2020, pilots were warned by the Russian authorities: Stay away from a vast swath of airspace in the Laptev Sea off Russia's northern coast during the second week of the month. The reason? "Hazardous operations, rocket launching."
- Commentary on a number of aspects of space activities in Russia and other states Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 16 Nov 2021 -- In the light of numerous media appeals, it is necessary to give some clarifications in connection with the successful November 15 of this year. The Russian Ministry of Defense by a test, as a result of which the inoperative Russian spacecraft "Celina-D", which had been in orbit since 1982, was struck.
- Russian direct-ascent anti-satellite missile test creates significant, long-lasting space debris USSPACECOM 15 Nov 2021 -- Russia tested a direct-ascent anti-satellite (DA-ASAT) missile on Nov. 15, 2021, Moscow Standard Time, that struck a Russian satellite [COSMOS 1408] and created a debris field in low-Earth orbit. The test so far has generated more than 1,500 pieces of trackable orbital debris and will likely generate hundreds of thousands of pieces of smaller orbital debris.
- Russia Conducts Destructive Anti-Satellite Missile Test US Dept. of State 15 Nov 2021 -- On November 15, 2021, the Russian Federation recklessly conducted a destructive test of a direct-ascent anti-satellite missile against one of its own satellites.
- Four More Jailed For Corruption At Cosmodrome Project In Russia's Far East RFE/RL 12 Nov 2021 -- A Russian court has sentenced four people to lengthy prison terms after finding them guilty of embezzling 400 million rubles ($5.6 million) during the construction of the country's new Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Far East.
- Northrop Grumman Completes Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor Critical Design Review Northrop Grumman 10 Nov 2021 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) recently completed the critical design review of the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) prototype for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The review establishes the company's technical approach for precise, timely sensor coverage to defeat ballistic and hypersonic missiles.
- Update: Shenzhou-13 crew delivers first spacewalk; Wang Yaping becomes first Chinese woman to walk in space Global Times 07 Nov 2021 -- By 1:16 am Monday, spacewalking Shenzhou-13 members Zhai Zhigang and Wang Yaping had safely returned to China's Tianhe space station core module. Their spacewalk lasted for about 6.5 hours and the two completed all planned tasks.
- Bezos' Blue Origin loses $2.9b NASA lawsuit to SpaceX's Musk Press TV 05 Nov 2021 -- The space race between the world's two richest people is hotting up after a US court on Thursday ruled in favor of Elon Musk's SpaceX against Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin in a $2.9 billion lawsuit.
- China launches remote-sensing satellite group People's Daily 04 Nov 2021 -- China launched a group of remote-sensing satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Wednesday.
- Final Certification Run for Orion Recovery US Navy 02 Nov 2021 -- NASA and the U.S. Navy are preparing to head out to sea for the ninth in a series of tests to verify and validate procedures and hardware that will be used to recover the Orion spacecraft after it splashes down in the Pacific Ocean following deep space exploration missions.
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