Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On May 25, South Korea launched its third Korean Space Launch Vehicle-II “Nuri” (World) that successful deployed eight satellites. On May 30, North Korea’s first (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On May 8, Chinese state media reported that China’s “reusable spacecraft” had completed its second orbital mission, this time spending 276 days in space. Xinhua (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher As long as the nation can afford it, redundancy in spacecraft adds to the assurance that the United States can build a presence on the (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In geosynchronous orbit (GEO) China and the United States are revealing “sharp elbows” or potential combat capabilities that reflect the very high priority both place (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China’s Tiangong space station continues to evolve, raising concerns that China’s dual-use civil/military People’s Liberation Army (PLA) controlled space program is covertly developing military capabilities (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China is escalating its effort to bring a New Cold War divide to the moon by creating an organization with members, the International Lunar Research (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Following the April 20 spectacular SpaceX test explosion, China made an announcement that did not receive much media attention. Soon after SpaceX Corporation’s first full (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Even though the first orbital test launch of the SpaceX Corporation Starship has been delayed from April 17 to April 19, it has spurred demand (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Though an unofficial revelation, on March 24 the South China Morning Post reported that due to U.S. objections over its International Traffic in Arms Regulations (more…)
