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I talked with Satcube about Europe's recent pivot to space, particularly focusing on military space and enhancing its sovereign space infrastructure - check it out 👇

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(S+) Defense in Orbit: Germany Goes Big in the Military Space Race Berlin was long content to ignore space as a military frontier. But now, the Merz government is investing 35 billion euros in an array of new systems. The race for lucrative contracts has begun.

From www.spiegel.de/internationa... 2/2

"The Bundeswehr has inquired with U.S. manufacturer L3Harris about the cost and delivery timeline for its mobile Meadowlands systems, which the U.S. military already uses." Meadowlands is a jammer and one of 3 acknowledged offensive counterspace capabilities the US has 1/2

Space Force sets up ‘cislunar coordination’ office to focus beyond Earth orbit Space Force sets up ‘cislunar coordination’ office to focus beyond Earth orbit Space Force sets up ‘cislunar coordination’ office to focus beyond Earth orbit

I guess it depends on how you define cislunar but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it should not be involved in warfighting. Purdy: "we also need to understand the importance of the cislunar region for warfighting and national security.”

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A depleted Space Force races to prepare for Trump’s spending spree The six-year-old service is hiring like "there’s never been a tomorrow" to execute a potential budget boon.

Almost like wildly chainsawing at the federal workforce can have negative consequences. Who could have foreseen this

www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

"The six-year-old military service is stretched thin after it lost hundreds of employees who worked in acquisitions during last year’s federal workforce purge." therefore "Space Systems Command, the service’s main acquisition arm, has been ordered to hire 100 civilians a month."

Shifting gears: Space Force moves to embrace space mobility for orbital warfare - Breaking Defense The service's new Objective Force plan calls for demonstrating on-orbit refueling and fielding operational "space tugs" by 2030.

"It calls for demonstrating on-orbit refueling and fielding operational “space tugs” that it characterizes as “Augmented Maneuver” systems between 2025 and 2030."

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AST SpaceMobile, the customer for today's Blue Origin New Glenn launch that placed the payload in an "off-nominal" orbit, says the satellite "is too low to sustain operations with its on-board thruster technology and will de-orbited."

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Emposat Denies Knowledge of Iran Using Chinese Satellite via Its Ground Stations The satellite tracking, telemetry, and control enterprise has denied any knowledge or links to the Iranian military via its sites, products, or services.

Emposat Denies Knowledge of Iran Using Chinese Satellite via Its Ground Stations
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3 satellites to track all? Chinese radar images confirm US military fears Breakthrough suggests ability to achieve global, 24/7, all-weather reconnaissance coverage of high-value targets.

"In 2023, China launched the world’s first GEO SAR satellite: Ludi Tance 4-01...The Ludi Tance 4-01 showed a monitoring and positioning margin of error of only 3km when tracking the Towa Maru." www.scmp.com/news/china/s...

India's SpaDeX "demonstrated autonomous rendezvous, docking and undocking capabilities. Operations of the relocatable robotic arm and robotic manipulator were also successfully demonstrated on the upper stage of the launch vehicle for this mission"

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As Artemis II is celebrated, the world faces hard questions about US leadership in space The US disregards international law on Earth. Is that what we want on the Moon?

"A disregard for international law on Earth leads us to question how the US will ultimately act in space." theconversation.com/as-artemis-i...

Lawmakers seek more details, cost information from Golden Dome program manager

"Guetlein said external groups are 'not estimating what I’m building.'...'It sure would be good to get that estimation you have,' Carbajal replied, adding that 'to my understanding, we have not seen that whatsoever.'” aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/lawmakers-se...

c'mon guys we've had "an army marches on its stomach" for hundreds of years, did you already fuck up the greatest logistics machine in the world so bad they can't keep sailors fed

"The advanced space domain awareness capability doubles the field of view, doubles the search speed and more than triples the sensitivity of what the U.S. Space Force can see on orbit." www.ussf-cfc.spaceforce.mil/News/Article...

Space combat was 'critical to mission success' in US war in Iran, Space Force chief says "We aren't just talking about theories or plans anymore. We're talking about real operational combat, space effects and the Guardians who deliver them."

Space EW fires implies that these activities were being undertaken by sats in-orbit, but the attack and conducting emergency maintenance could mean the unit in question was on the ground? 2/2 www.space.com/space-explor...

Saltzman: "one of these specialists led the planning and execution of high-tempo space electronic warfare fires...even when her unit came under attack by indirect fire, she kept her cool, completing emergency maintenance to make sure her weapon systems stayed in the fight" ? 1/2

Golden Dome czar signals space-based interceptors not guaranteed, as DoD weighs cost - Breaking Defense "If boost-phase intercept from space is not affordable and scalable, we will not produce it, because we have other options to get after it," said Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein.

OH REALLY

breakingdefense.com/2026/04/gold...

Saltzman unveils blueprint for Space Force’s future Saltzman unveils blueprint for Space Force’s future Saltzman unveils blueprint for Space Force’s future

"Future competition is expected to play out below the threshold of open war, through cyberattacks, electronic warfare, spoofing and other forms of disruption."
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Top Space Cyber Execs Talk Increased Iranian Cyber Attacks Space companies face an ever-growing attack surface, including a recent upsurge of attacks from Iran. Top CISOs of space companies from Vantor, SES, Viasat, and Telesat shared a view into the threats ...

"One of the trends the CISOs highlighted is the shrinking time between when a vulnerability is discovered and when that vulnerability is exploited. Laudermilch said this time is 'so short' now." www.satellitetoday.com/cybersecurit...

Iran used Chinese spy satellite to target US bases Leaked documents show IRGC secretly acquired system and used it to guide strikes during war in March

Resolution of Iran's satellites: TEE-01B, 0.5m (this one reportedly due to an "in-orbit transfer" from China); Noor-3, 5m; Paya, 10m; Zafar-2, 15m. The last 3 were indigenously developed, so the TEE-01B is a huge step up for Iran's imagery capabilities

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Selon le chef d’état-major de l’armée de l’Air, la «guerre spatiale» a déjà commencé - Zone Militaire Lors du dernier salon de l’aéronautique et de l’espace du Bourget, en juin 2025, le président Macron avait affirmé qu’il fallait aller «encore plus et

"the YODA project [Eyes in Orbit for an Agile Demonstrator] was intended to prepare the EGIDE program, with the deployment of two "patrol" nanosatellites into near geostationary orbit. It is now expected to be completed in 2028, three or four years behind schedule." www.opex360.com/2026/04/15/s...

Graphic with quote from Victoria Samson on transparency in space programs, featuring her headshot.

@vsamsondc.bsky.social: "I'm even more impressed with the level of detail in the company statement. Information is a key part of transparency and as new activities are undertaken in space, it would be good to establish a precedence of sharing details" spacenews.com/chinese-star...

MDA MIDNIGHT Serving the world from our Canadian home and our global offices, MDA is an international space mission partner and a robotics, satellite systems and geointelligence pioneer with a 50-year story of fir...

Is Canada getting on-orbit counterspace capabilities? "MDA MIDNIGHT™: A space control platform" that has "a suite of active and passive payload capabilities" in order "to intercept, deter or counter objects"

mda.space/midnight

US must adjust to Iran’s use of commercial satellite photos, Space Command says CENTCOM’s declaration of “space superiority” hasn’t prevented Tehran from putting space to use.

www.defenseone.com/threats/2026...

Space Command pushes new warfighting model built on moving satellites Space Command pushes new warfighting model built on moving satellites Space Command pushes new warfighting model built on moving satellites

SPACECOM's Whiting: “Movement and maneuver is a joint function and maneuver is a principle of war.”

Space Command pushes new warfighting model built on moving satellites spacenews.com/space-comman...

Graphic for Secure World Foundation at the 41st Space Symposium, featuring Dr. Peter Martinez and Ian Christensen, Colorado Springs, April 13–16, 2026.

📍 SWF at #SpaceSymposium
Peter Martinez & Ian Christensen are engaging on space sustainability, responsible behavior, and cooperation.
www.spacesymposium.org/