Space intelligence covering orbital missions, satellite constellations, space weapons, launch programs, and strategic competition in the space domain.
6 analyses
Four nations, namely the United States, Russia, China, and India, have conducted destructive kinetic anti-satellite tests.
SpaceX's Starlink has crossed from commercial broadband to decisive military infrastructure.
NASA's July 2026 Moon Base contract awards and China's imminent Chang'e-7 south polar survey mission have placed both programs past the point of rhetorical competition and into.
China's July 10 debut of the Long March 10B reusable heavy-lift rocket, achieving the world's first net-capture booster recovery on an inaugural flight.
SpaceX's Starlink satellites made over 355,000 collision avoidance maneuvers in the past year, more than three times the total performed in 2024.
China has fielded a mature, multi-vector counterspace arsenal and is simultaneously racing to establish permanent infrastructure in cislunar space.