Compiled by Patricia Burke, images by Flo Freshman On January 6, Business Insider reported, “A failed Russian rocket stage crashed to Earth in an uncontrolled reentry into the atmosphere over the Pacific.” A failed Russian rocket stage hurtled down to Earth over the Pacific Ocean…
By Kate Kheel, Stop 5G International with Patricia Burke Link to original article, reprinted by permission. Read part 1. International awareness is also growing about the risks of polluting low earth orbit with satellites and space weaponry. Kate Kheel shares multiple concern about an attitude…
By Kate Kheel, Stop 5G International, with Patricia Burke Part 1 of 2 Link to original article, reprinted by permission. Informed citizens have been challenging the installation of new 5G telecommunications and surveillance infrastructure in environmentally sensitive areas, neighborhoods, near schools and hospitals, and other…
Compiled by Patricia Burke “Using current satellite technologies the U.S. is able to intercept communications from anywhere on Earth and is able to identify and target any ‘enemy’ that it wishes. The Outer Space Treaty though needs updating as technologies have dramatically advanced since its…
Compiled by Patricia Burke The Global Action Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space reports, “In 1999 the United Nations General Assembly declared that October 4-10 every year would be designated as ‘World Space Week’ to “celebrate the contributions of space science and tchnology…
By Patricia Burke The Astronomical Society of Edinburgh recently hosted Losing the Sky. “Thousands of satellites are now being launched into Low Earth Orbit in ‘mega-constellations’ to give us high speed internet from space, with the prospect of tens of thousands more, as competition heats up….
Space Alert is the Global Network’s monthly live stream focused on important issues about the militarization of outer space and beyond. The ‘Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space‘ (also known as the ‘Global Network’ or the ‘GN’) is an international network of…
By Kate Kheel with Patricia Burke “What 5G means to the military 5G wireless communications is expected to move voice, video, text, and image data with bandwidth as fast as 300 GHz to create data on demand for the battlefield. 5G telecommunications technology offers far…
By Amber Yang Launch of Tens of Thousands of 5G Satellites Poses Massive Environmental Threat and Future Space Wars Space battles are at the core of countless science fiction stories—yet recent technological and political developments make the prospect a more likely reality with the rollout…
By Cap Allon The European Union’s Earth observation program said Tuesday that the ozone hole over Antarctica has swelled to its largest size and deepest level in at least 15 years, to become among the most notable ever recorded. Clare Nullis of the WMO explains…
By Mac Slavo NASA will attempt, for the first time, to knock an asteroid off course and away from our planet to prevent a collision with Earth in 2022. NASA has approved a mission that aims to slam a spacecraft into a “small” asteroid and bump…
