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SpaceX will launch top secret US spy satellites with the reusable Falcon Heavy rocket now that it's received Space Force approval, report says
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, the world's most powerful rocket, will launch spy satellites for a mission l…
Kate Duffy
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China launches three new spy satellites amid border dispute with India and tensions in the South China Sea
The Malacca Strait, located near the Andaman and Nicobar islands, is one of the most congest…
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A mysterious new Chinese military blimp was spotted by a satellite in a desert military base
The satellite images, taken by private firm BlackSky, show a 100 foot long blimp on a runway at a r…
Tom Porter
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Elon Musk seems furious that SpaceX has to split Space Force contracts worth billions with his biggest rival, ULA
After days of silence, the founder and CEO of SpaceX tore into United Launch Alliance, which won a …
Dave Mosher
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Ukraine's spy chief reveals how Russia's Il-76 airlift planes were targeted and destroyed in an attack launched from inside its own territory
"We are working from the territory of Russia," Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine's Main Directorate o…
Jake Epstein
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The Chinese spy balloon was gathering intel on sensitive US military sites and sending it to Beijing in real-time: report
The balloon mostly picked up electronic signals, not photos, from the bases, NBC News reported. The…
Matthew Loh
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Mistakes by the US's top spies allowed China to turn a deadly mid-air collision into an intelligence coup
In April 2001, a US spy plane and a Chinese jet collided over the South China Sea. Author James Bam…
James Bamford
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ISRO's all-weather ‘spy satellite’ will help India watch its borders closely
The X-Band SAR’s capabilities of the RISAT-2BR1 can click images regardless of the weath…
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Former CIA Director says it'd be 'impulsive' to try to shoot down China's spy balloon
John Brennan suggested China may have sent the balloon drifting over the US purely to gauge America…
Katie Balevic
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ISRO's newly formed commercial arm completes second successful launch in less than a month
"PSLV C-48 successfully injected RISAT 2BR1 and nine customer satellites precisely into 576-ki…
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Leaked documents reveal China's plans to launch a supersonic spy drone that could fly 3 times the speed of sound, WaPo reports
The drones could assist China in real-time mapping that would inform strategy or enable high-speed …
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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A suspected Chinese spy balloon was seen operating near a US nuclear base housing 150 Minuteman ICBMs
Montana Senator Steve Daines said the suspected Chinese spy balloon was concerning for its proximit…
Sophia Ankel
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A Russian satellite caught shadowing a US spy satellite earlier this year launched a mysterious space weapon, US Space Command says
The Russian satellite launched a mysterious projectile during the test, which mimicked a similar te…
Ryan Pickrell
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Scientists are piggybacking on internet satellites to break free from GPS dependence
GPS has become one of the core features of modern communication devices, be it smartphones or dedic…
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US scrambles F-22s following reports of unidentified flying object over Montana believed to be a Chinese spy balloon
Stratospheric balloons can provide high-resolution photographs of the ground below for a fraction o…
Charles R. Davis,Christopher …
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China might have sent a spy balloon over the US as a power play to prove it can do what it wants, experts say
The Pentagon sounded the alarm about a Chinese spy balloon it said it found over Montana, though Ch…
Sinéad Baker
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Leaked Pentagon docs show the shot-down Chinese spy balloon may have had a feature known as 'synthetic aperture radar' that can see through certain materials, WaPo reports
The Chinese balloon, nicknamed Killeen-23, could have had technology able to help with three-dimens…
Hannah Getahun
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2 Russian spacecraft are reportedly trailing a US spy satellite and could create a 'dangerous situation in space'
The Russian satellites' maneuvering was spotted by Michael Thompson, a satellite and spacecraft ent…
Bryan Pietsch
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US and South Korean spies do not believe that Kim Jong Un is dead, after satellites pictured his train at an elite coastal resort
Rumors have been swirling about Kim's health since he missed events celebrating the birth of his gr…
Tom Porter
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5 kinds of technology that the US's top spy catchers say rivals are gaining an edge in
That tech "may determine whether America remains the world's leading superpower or is eclipsed by s…