https://spacewatch.global/tag/satellite-reconnaissance/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 12 Oct 2020 06:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/satellite-reconnaissance/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/10/kleos-atlantis-galapagos-illegal-fishing/ Mon, 12 Oct 2020 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=27083&preview=true&preview_id=27083 Kleos to help fight illegal fishing at Galapagos Islands]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/irans-military-satellite-launch-full-of-surprises/ Thu, 23 Apr 2020 05:00:30 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21858 Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that it had launched a military satellite on the morning (Iranian time) of 22 April 2020 on board a previously unknown satellite launch vehicle the IRGC calls Qassed.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/frances-minister-of-armed-forces-visits-new-french-space-command-hq/ Wed, 04 Mar 2020 06:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19987 CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall, General Philippe Lavigne, Air Force Chief of Staff, Thierry Angel, Deputy Head, Forces, of the French defence procurement agency DGA, and General Michel Friedling, Chief of Space Command, welcomed the Minister of Armed Forces Florence Parly to the Toulouse Space Centre (CST) on 21 February 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/spacewatchgl-perspectives-alexandra-stickings-on-the-difficulties-of-achieving-stability-with-rendezvous-and-proximity-operations/ Mon, 24 Feb 2020 09:00:22 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19818 One of the more notable space stories of the past few weeks is that of two Russian satellites allegedly ‘stalking’ a KH-11 reconnaissance satellite operated by the US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/japan-successfully-launches-latest-igs-reconnaissance-satellite/ Mon, 10 Feb 2020 06:00:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19249 A Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) H-IIA satellite launch vehicle successfully lofted an electro-optical Intelligence Gathering Satellite (IGS) on behalf of the Japanese Cabinet Office from the Tanegashima Space Centre, Kagoshima Prefecture, in southwest Japan on 9 February 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/rocket-lab-to-launch-u-s-nro-mission-from-new-zealand/ Fri, 24 Jan 2020 06:00:57 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18766 Rocket Lab, the global leader in small satellite launch, has announced today that it will launch a dedicated mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/arianespace-to-launch-uaes-falcon-eye-2-on-soyuz-in-march-2020/ Fri, 17 Jan 2020 06:00:50 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18633 Arianespace has announced that it intends to launch the UAE’s second reconnaissance satellite, Falcon Eye 2, on board a Soyuz satellite launch vehicle from the Guiana Space Centre in early March 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/12/saudi-space-commission-to-submit-national-space-strategy-to-king-salman-soon/ Tue, 24 Dec 2019 06:00:34 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17982 The Saudi Arabian Space Commission is reportedly about to submit a National Space Strategy and other legal and policy documents that consolidate the commission's roles and missions to King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, according to a senior Saudi Space Commission advisor speaking at a recent space event in Riyadh.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/12/japan-to-launch-electro-optical-igs-reconnaissance-satellite-in-january-2020/ Mon, 23 Dec 2019 06:00:40 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17979 Japanese satellite and space industry giant Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has announced that an MHI H-IIA satellite launch vehicle will send Japan's eighth Intelligence Gathering System (IGS) reconnaissance satellite into orbit from the Tanegashima Space Centre in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwest Japan, on 27 January 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/12/first-satellite-of-cosmo-skymed-sar-second-generation-ready-for-launch/ Mon, 16 Dec 2019 06:00:29 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17804 The first satellite COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation (CSG-1) is ready to be launched from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/european-military-space-eu-pursuing-space-based-early-warning-pnt-and-ssa-projects-under-pesco-initiative/ Mon, 18 Nov 2019 06:00:05 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17028 The European Union's (EU) Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) defence technology initiative announced on 12 November 2019 its decision to cooperatively develop several military space projects designed to enhance the defence and security of EU member states.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/iran-claims-to-be-developing-one-metre-resolution-earth-observation-satellite/ Tue, 05 Nov 2019 06:00:38 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16807 The head of the Iran Space Agency, Morteza Barari, told Iranian media that Iran plans to develop and build a high-resolution Earth observation satellite capable of taking images of one-metre resolution.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/race-is-on-to-supply-high-resolution-earth-observation-satellites-to-vietnam/ Fri, 01 Nov 2019 06:00:55 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16741 Earth observation satellite manufacturers from France, Israel, Japan, Russia, and the United States are vying to build a high-resolution imaging satellite for Vietnam, according to French online publication Intelligence Online.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/10/turkey-and-italy-seek-to-boost-space-collaboration-and-satellite-development/ Thu, 24 Oct 2019 05:00:59 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16574 Ankara recently hosted its Turkey-Italy Innovation Day event where space cooperation between the two countries was highlighted by senior officials and corporate executives. Among the agenda items of the event was a common desire to increase space cooperation and satellite development between the two countries.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/09/airbus-tapped-by-uks-dstl-to-develop-high-resolution-sar-sensors-for-project-oberon/ Mon, 16 Sep 2019 05:00:26 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16002 Airbus has won a design study from the UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) to develop the technologies for a cluster of ultra-high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites for the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD).]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/07/uaes-falcon-eye-1-reconnaissance-satellite-set-for-launch-from-french-guiana-on-6-july-2019/ Mon, 01 Jul 2019 05:00:41 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=14871 The United Arab Emirates will launch the Falcon Eye-1 satellite into orbit on Saturday, 6 July 2019, at the French Guiana Space Centre at 05:53 UAE time (01:53:03 GMT).]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/05/japanese-military-space-mod-to-allocate-100-personnel-for-space-domain-mission-unit-by-fy2022-seeks-replacement-for-lost-worldview-4/ Thu, 16 May 2019 05:00:16 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=14131 Japan's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has revealed that it will assign 100 military personnel to its Space Domain Mission Unit that is expected to be stood up by Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 and will based at the Fuchu Air Base, operated by the Japanese Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF), west of Tokyo.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/05/british-military-space-leaked-defence-space-strategy-cites-expanding-threats-proposes-protective-measures-and-new-satellites/ Fri, 10 May 2019 05:00:12 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=14000 The UK's long awaited defence space strategy has been leaked to The Times, one of Britain's leading newspapers, and reveals a growing acknowledgement of threats against satellites by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and hints at the development and procurement of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) and positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) satellites.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/saudi-space-agency-begins-to-take-shape-reported-1-billion-budget-in-first-year/ Fri, 19 Apr 2019 05:00:08 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13627 French online national security news publication Intelligence Online is reporting that the recently created Saudi Space Agency is beginning to take shape under the leadership of Prince Sultan Bin Salman, the son of the reigning King Salman, half-brother of the Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, and first Saudi astronaut.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/01/space-wars-u-s-intelligence-chiefs-describe-growing-chinese-and-russian-space-threats/ Thu, 31 Jan 2019 06:00:41 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12618 U.S. Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Dan Coats, along with the heads of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), National Security Agency (NSA), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), and the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), gave testimony to the U.S. Senate's Select Committee on Intelligence about the Office of the DNI's latest Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community on 29 January 2019]]>