Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Dec. 13 China launched its second second-generation Tianlian-II (Sky Link 2, TL-2 (02)) data relay satellite into geosynchronous orbit (GEO) from the Xichang Satellite (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher It may be logical to assume that the world’s first and second largest democracies would have by now developed an extensive partnership in space with (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Dec. 1, Vice President Kamala Harris chaired her first meeting of the United States National Space Council. This body was created within the Executive (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher As American reusable space launch vehicle (SLV) pioneers SpaceX and Blue Origin have proven, development of this capability is the next major phase in the (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Over the last week the “new race” to the Moon got closer, with the United States announcing delays and China hinting at an acceleration. Absent (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Fourteen years have passed since China’s January 2007 “successful” test of a ground-launched direct-ascent anti-satellite (ASAT) system, but Russia just used a successful ASAT test (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher If its Cape Kennedy launch rescheduled for Nov. 10 is successful, the SpaceX Falcon-Dragon “Crew-3” spaceship to the International Space Station (ISS) will make 51-year-old (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Early on this coming Nov. 24, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is scheduled to launch the initial American attempt to test technologies that (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Both the United States and the People’s Republic of China are advancing plans to get to the Moon and to exploit their presence on the (more…)
