October 2022 Space News

China Successfully Launches Lab Module to Tiangong Space Station Sputnik 31 Oct 2022 -- The Mengtian laboratory module was launched to China's Tiangong orbital station on Monday and successfully reached its target orbit, as broadcast by China Central Television.
DOD Releases National Defense Strategy, Missile Defense, Nuclear Posture Reviews DoD News 27 Oct 2022 -- The Defense Department today for the first time released the public versions of three strategic documents — the National Defense Strategy, the Nuclear Posture Review and the Missile Defense Review — together after having developed both the classified and unclassified versions of all three in conjunction with one another.
Senior Defense Officials Hold a Background Briefing on the National Defense Strategy DoD 27 Oct 2022
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Holds a Press Conference DoD 27 Oct 2022
India Working on Next-Generation Launch Vehicle For Space Station Sputnik 27 Oct 2022 -- India has a number of big-ticket space projects planned for the future, starting with a mission to study the Sun next year. The maiden manned space mission of the exploration agency was rescheduled for 2024-25 after a delay over technical issues and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Australia Joins Commitment to Refrain From Tests of Anti-Satellite Missiles in Space Sputnik 27 Oct 2022 -- Australia has vowed never to conduct tests of direct-ascent anti-satellite missiles, joining in its commitment countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Germany as well as South Korea, according to a joint statement by the Australian foreign, defense and industry ministries.
Department of Defense Releases its 2022 Strategic Reviews - National Defense Strategy, Nuclear Posture Review, and Missile Defense Review DoD 27 Oct 2022 -- Today, the Department of Defense released the unclassified National Defense Strategy (NDS), Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), and Missile Defense Review (MDR).
Russian Official Says Western Commercial Satellites Could Become 'Legitimate' Targets RFE/RL 27 Oct 2022 -- A senior official from Russia's Foreign Ministry has warned that Western commercial satellites could become "legitimate" targets for Moscow if they were involved in the war in Ukraine.
Statement by Mr. Konstantin Vorontsov, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the Russian Federation, Deputy Director of the Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation,at the Thematic Discussion on Outer Space: Disarmament Aspects in the First Committee of the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly, New York, 26 October 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 27 Oct 2022
Statement in the Exercise of the Right of Reply by Mr. Konstantin Vorontsov, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the Russian Federation, Deputy Director of the Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, at the Thematic Discussion on Outer Space: Disarmament Aspects in the First Committee of the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly, New York, 26 October 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 27 Oct 2022
Joint statement on the initiative on undertaking political commitment not to conduct destructive direct-ascent anti-satellite missile tests Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 26 Oct 2022
Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on the US initiative in the UN General Assembly First Committee Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Oct 2022
Progress MS-19 Cargo Spacecraft Undocks From ISS - Roscosmos Sputnik 24 Oct 2022 -- The Progress MS-19 cargo spacecraft has undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) and will be crashed in the non-navigable part of the Pacific Ocean within hours, Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Monday.
India Launches 36 OneWeb Satellites Into Orbit SPA 23 Oct 2022 -- The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) says it has successfully launched 36 OneWeb satellites into orbit using the LVM3 carrier rocket, Sputnik reported.
India Launches 36 OneWeb Satellites Into Orbit - ISRO Sputnik 23 Oct 2022 -- The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) says it has successfully launched 36 OneWeb satellites into orbit using the LVM3 carrier rocket.
First Satellite of Russian Sfera Constellation Put Into Orbit SPA 23 Oct 2022 -- The Russian Skif-D satellite, the first orbital spacecraft from the Sfera (Sphere) multi-satellite orbital constellation, was successfully put into orbit after the Saturday launch, a spokesperson of Russian state space corporation Roscosmos told journalists, Sputnik reported.
Russia Launches Rocket With First Satellite of Sfera Orbital Constellation Sputnik 22 Oct 2022 -- Russia has launched the Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying the Skif-D satellite, the first orbital spacecraft from the Sfera (Sphere) multi-satellite orbital constellation, and three Gonets-M communications satellites, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Saturday.
U.S. Space Command to Transfer Space Object Tracking to Department of Commerce DoD News 21 Oct 2022 -- Right now, U.S. Space Command tracks more than 47,000 objects in space. But there are plans to transfer that responsibility to the Department of Commerce, an effort that will allow Spacecom to focus more on what's happening in space rather than just on the tracking of objects there, the Spacecom commander said.
CNN: White House in Talks With Elon Musk to Provide Satellite Internet Service to Iran VOA 21 Oct 2022 -- The White House is in talks with billionaire Elon Musk about setting up SpaceX's satellite internet service in Iran, CNN reported Friday.
China successfully launches new remote sensing satellite PLA Daily 15 Oct 2022 -- China sent a new remote sensing satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan.
DAF, ROKAF sign Terms of Reference for collaborating in land, air, space weather US Air Force 13 Oct 2022 -- Representatives from the U.S. Department of the Air Force and Republic of Korea Air Force signed a first-of-its-kind Terms of Reference document May 23, 2022, establishing a forum for the two nations to collaborate in the areas of land, air, and space weather.
U.S., Japan, and the Republic of Korea Conduct a Trilateral Ballistic Missile Defense Exercise US Navy 06 Oct 2022 -- Following the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) ballistic missile launch over Japan on Oct. 4 (local time), which was part of a larger series of launches over the past two weeks, Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65), part of the USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group, conducted a trilateral ballistic missile defense exercise in the waters between Korea and Japan, Oct. 6 (local time) alongside Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers JS Chokai (DDG 176) and JS Ashigara (DDG 178), and Republic of Korea Navy destroyer ROKS Sejong the Great (DDG 991).
Iran successfully tests orbital transmission system, space probe IRNA 04 Oct 2022 -- Iran successfully tested an experimental implementation of Saman orbital transmission system with a sub-orbital space probe, Ministry of Information and Communications Technology said on Tuesday.
Roskosmos Discussing Extension Of Russia's Participation In ISS Past 2024, Says Official RFE/RL 04 Oct 2022 -- Roskosmos, Russia's space agency, is seeking a continuation of its participation in the International Space Station (ISS) past 2024, an agency official said on October 3.
Responsible space behaviours: the UK commits not to destructively test direct ascent anti-satellite missiles UK FCDO 03 Oct 2022 -- The UK government made a statement today, committing not to destructively test direct ascent anti-satellite (DA-ASAT) missiles.

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