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Ukraine’s new frontier: how space has become critical to balance of the war
Why it’s here: Covers US policy-relevant space security issues including US Air Force admission of on-orbit space control weapons, Starlink access decisions by a US commercial provider affecting Ukraine, US intelligence-sharing pauses, and strategic competition in space, all bearing on US national security and procurement debates.
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7d agoThe GuardianUkraine’s new frontier: how space has become critical to balance of the warA Guardian feature argues that space has become central to the Ukraine war, citing Ukrainian strikes on Russian space facilities, Russian counterspace harassment, Starlink disruptions, and Ukraine's push for sovereign satellites and interceptors.1 outletSpaceZelensky says SpaceX speed limits on Starshield hamper Ukraine's drone defenses46 linked
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- NewsSpace Force chief: Intelligence officials ‘making sure we get lessons learned’ from recent Russian satellite maneuvers near commercial satBoth involve ICEYE, Cosmos 2612, United States Space Force
- NewsUkraine Says Starshield Disruptions Are Back As U.S. Negotiators Meet With PutinBoth involve SpaceX, Starlink, Ukraine
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- United States Space Force
- SpaceX
- GomSpace
- Starlink
- Ukraine
- Russia
- Cosmos 2612
- ICEYE
- Rassvet
- Elon Musk
- Department of the Air Force
- Troy Meink