Space company will reportedly build hundreds of satellites with Earth imaging capabilities that can operate as a swarm in low orbits – Cheney Orr/Reuters SpaceX is reportedly building a network of hundreds of spy satellites under a secret contract with the US intelligence agency, in a sign of deepening ties between billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s… Read More »
By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – The U.S. military’s stealthy X-37B robotic spaceplane took off from Florida on Thursday night for its seventh mission; This was the first mission to launch atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, which could take it to a higher orbit than ever before. Consisting of… Read More »
It’s a tiny spaceplane, not quite 30 feet long and less than 10 feet high, with a pair of short wings and a rounded, bulldog-like nose. But despite its small size (it looks like a miniature version of the space shuttle), the Pentagon’s most mysterious spacecraft, known as X-37B, has achieved enormous fame. A secret… Read More »
North Korea claimed that its leader Kim Jong-un examined “detailed photographs” taken by his first spy satellite of the White House and other countries’ military bases. But North Korea has yet to release any images, leaving analysts and foreign governments debating how capable the new satellite actually is. Although the existence or authenticity of these… Read More »