Has China replicated Taiwan’s most critical streets in preparation for a future invasion? A satellite image reveals a training site constructed in a Chinese desert, bearing a striking resemblance to the streets of Taiwan’s capital city. How serious is the news for Taiwan and its allies, in the face of rising threats from Beijing?
TOKYO—Japan successfully launched a rocket carrying a government intelligence-gathering satellite Friday on a mission to watch movements at military sites in North Korea and to improve responses to natural disasters. The H2A rocket, launched by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan, carrying the optical satellite as part […]
With just a handful of days left before Taiwan’s presidential election, a Chinese satellite flew over the island, but a mistranslation to English suggested a missile was headed toward the island. The error immediately sparked buzz online. with many discussing Beijing’s motives.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand—California-based Rocket Lab, which specializes in putting small satellites into orbit, launched a Japanese satellite on Friday from the space company’s complex on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula. The mission, named “The Moon God Awakens,” was initially scheduled for Wednesday but was postponed due to forecast strong winds. The Electron rocket launched at 5:06 […]
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif.—South Korea launched its first military spy satellite into space Friday, a little over a week after North Korea claimed to put its own spy satellite into orbit for the first time as tensions rise between the rivals. Launched from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base using SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, it […]
SEOUL—One of the stages of North Korea’s satellite launch rocket exploded after separation on Tuesday, video captured by an South Korean astronomy observatory showed, in what some analysts said may have been deliberate destruction to prevent recovery. North Korea launched its first spy satellite into orbit on Tuesday, after two previous attempts this year ended […]
The United States has urged North Korea to engage in “serious negotiations” after the North Korean regime launched a spy satellite into orbit on Nov. 21. This came as the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) claimed that North Korea had placed a spy satellite named Malligyong-1 into orbit using its Chollima-1 carrier rocket on […]
SEOUL, South Korea—South Korea said Monday it plans to launch its first domestically built spy satellite at the end of this month to better monitor rival North Korea, as the North pushes to expand its arsenal of nuclear weapons targeting its adversaries. The plan was unveiled days after North Korea failed to follow through on […]
SEOUL, South Korea—Top North Korean officials vowed to push for a second attempt to launch a spy satellite as they called their country’s first, and failed, launch last month “the most serious” shortcoming this year and harshly criticized those responsible, state media reported Monday. In late May, a North Korean rocket carrying a military reconnaissance […]
SEOUL/TOKYO—A North Korean satellite launch on Wednesday ended in failure, sending the booster and payload plunging into the sea, North Korean state media said, and the South’s military said it had recovered parts of the launch vehicle. The new “Chollima-1” satellite launch rocket failed because of instability in the engine and fuel system, state news […]
An old NASA satellite that studied the sun for more than a decade fell to Earth over the Sahara Desert, the space agency reported Thursday. NASA officials said they have received no reports of damage or injury so far from the reentry, which occurred in the wee hours of the morning in Sudan. Most of […]
North Korea’s leader has ordered that the launch of his country’s first military spy satellite proceed “as planned” to ensure its military effectiveness amid regional tensions, the state-run media reported on April 19. During his visit to the North’s aerospace agency, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country’s military reconnaissance satellite had been […]
Japan will launch its new heavy-lift H3 rocket for the first time at 7:45 p.m. ET on Feb. 16. The H3 rocket will carry a new land observation satellite with an experimental infrared sensor to detect missile launches. NTD will livestream the event.
The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives, will hold a hearing at 9:30 a.m. ET on Feb. 2 on the Satellite Marketplace. Tom Stroup, the President of the Satellite Industry Association; Julia Zoller, the Head of Global Regulatory Affairs, Project Kuiper at Amazon; Jennifer Manner, Senior Vice President […]
TOKYO—Japan successfully launched a rocket Thursday carrying a government intelligence-gathering satellite on a mission to watch movements at military sites in North Korea and improve natural disaster response. The H2A rocket, launched by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., successfully lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan, carrying the IGS-Radar 7 reconnaissance satellite as […]
President Joe Biden is facing backlash over his first trip to the border. What did he see and what did he not see on the tightly controlled visit? Elon Musk confirms a new autopilot update for Teslas. It has sparked concern from the federal government’s auto safety agency, as it investigates Tesla’s self-driving system. The […]
A U.S.-French satellite that will map almost all of the world’s oceans, lakes and rivers rocketed into orbit Friday. The predawn launch aboard a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California capped a highly successful year for NASA. Nicknamed SWOT—short for Surface Water and Ocean Topography—the satellite is needed more than ever as […]
The hidden thread running our modern life—from strings of cables thousands of feet beneath the surface of the seas, to a constellation of satellites high above in the sky. In this special report, we zoom in on information super-highways—undersea cables and satellites—how our daily lives rely on them, and how adversarial powers like Russia and […]
The Chinese regime’s aggressive efforts to dominate outer space posed “the most immediate threat” to the U.S. satellite capabilities and ground infrastructure, according to the general nominated to lead the U.S. Space Force. “The most immediate threat, in my opinion, is the pace with which our strategic challengers, first and foremost the Chinese, are aggressively […]
