Weekly Briefing: Military Space

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Military Space Report

Industry chivies White House for 'immediate' action to clean up space junk The open meeting at times resembled the TV comedy Seinfeld's Festivus celebration's "airing of grievances," but there was widespread accord on a number of recommendations.

Biden's space policy nominee backs ban on destructive ASAT testing, pushes norms "Kinetic destructive tests," White House nominee for ASD Space Policy John Plumb said, "pose a long term enduring problem to all spacefaring nations, including astronauts."

Is the Space Force doing what it's supposed to? [Infographics] Respondents to the Breaking Defense Space Survey have differing opinions on how effective the Space Force has been, two years in.

Yearlong CR would 'irreversibly delay' nuclear modernization programs: service chiefs The Ground Based Strategic Deterrent, Columbia-class ballistic submarine and B-21 bomber could all face delays under a yearlong continuing resolution, service officials said.

Classified space capabilities aimed at Russia, China could lose $800M under CR: Raymond A year-long CR would force Space Force to chop two planned launches under the National Security Space Launch program — reducing the number of launches from a planned five in 2022 to three, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Jay Raymond told lawmakers.

Space missile warning system to include MEO backup in case of attack: Tournear Space Development Agency will soon issue a request for proposals for the first 28 of its own missile tracking satellites in Low Earth Orbit, the agency's chief said.

Astroscale looks to Orbit Fab space 'gas stations' to extend mission life The Japanese-founded startup also will pitch its debris removal services to SPACEWerx Orbit Prime contest, says Astroscale US President Ron Lopez.

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