https://spacewatch.global/tag/defence-diplomacy/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 03 Aug 2020 08:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/defence-diplomacy/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/08/spacewatchgl-feature-new-survey-on-space-norms-highlights-gap-between-principles-practices/ Mon, 03 Aug 2020 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=24701&preview=true&preview_id=24701 Specialists in space security constantly call for more robust norms of behaviour in outer space. As the number of users and uses of space grows, the calls get louder and more urgent. Meanwhile, many states claim to want the same thing. Canada’s national defence policy, “Strong, Secure, Engaged,” for example, aims to “provide leadership in shaping international norms f]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/spacewatchgl-feature-a-new-survey-seeks-the-input-of-global-experts-on-space-norms/ Tue, 02 Jun 2020 13:00:03 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23115 When we consider the norms that govern human use of outer space from the perspective of space security, we face some serious questions.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/03/japan-launches-latest-igs-reconnaissance-satellite-monitor-north-korean-chinese-russian-threats/ Thu, 01 Mar 2018 06:00:11 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7696 A Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) H-2A satellite launch vehicle successfully lofted Japan’s latest Intelligence Gathering Satellite (IGS) reconnaissance satellite from the Tanegashima Space Center in the Southwest of Japan on Tuesday, 27 February, 2018. The IGS-Optical 6 satellite is one of several Japan has in orbit, including a number with synthetic aperture radar imagers, that […]]]>