Category Space Technology, Defense & Exploration

This magazine examines the rapid militarization and strategic utilization of space across orbital, lunar, and deep-space domains. It covers satellite systems, space-based surveillance, launch architectures, space situational awareness, and emerging doctrines shaping space as a contested operational theater.

By integrating technological advances with defense policy, geopolitical signaling, and future exploration pathways, this section provides intelligence-driven insight into how space capabilities are redefining national security, deterrence, and global power projection.

Satellite Image Analysis using Deep learning methods enables Automatic Target Recognition ( ATR) of military targets

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Despite substantial advances in global human well-being, the world continues to experience humanitarian crises and natural disasters. Long-term conflicts affect people in many parts of the world, but often, accurate maps of the affected regions either do not exist or…...

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Global Space Situational Awareness (SSA) Market

Space Situational Awareness Market

There has been exponential growth of space objects, including orbital debris that has increased the in-orbit collision risk. In the year 2019 alone, 385 smallsats were launched & over 1,000 smallsat launches per year is forecasted going forwards. In addition…...

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New Satellite test facilities required due to large Commercial and Military thrust on Microsatellites and Nanosatellites

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As of May 2021, there are about 4,300 active artificial satellites currently orbit Earth. We rely so much on satellites for so many things in our lives, and we count on them to be durable and reliable. When satellites don’t…...

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Mobile User Objective System(MUOS) fully operational for U.S. DOD’s military satellite communications in Mountains, Jungles, Urban areas and Arctic

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Satellite communication is a technology that is used to transfer the signals from the transmitter to a receiver with the help of satellites. Communications via satellite have the unique characteristic of the ability to cover the globe with a flexibility…...

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‘Space-as-a-service’, ‘Satellite-as-a-service’ and ‘Space Data as a Service’ are new buisness models of Space Industry

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The modern space industry is witnessing exponential growth in small satellite and nanosatellite areas. Nanosatellite and microsatellite refer to miniaturized satellites in terms of size and weight, in the range of 1-10 Kg and 10-100 kg, respectively. ‘CubeSat’ is one…...

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NASA Flight Opportunities program facilitates rapid demonstration of promising technologies for space exploration

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Two out of three missions to the red planet have failed. One reason there have been so many losses is that there have been so many attempts. “Mars is a favorite target,” says Dr. Firouz Naderi, manager of the Mars…...

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UK Space Agency’s National Space Technology Programme (NSTP) to boost space innovation

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The UK has a thriving space industry that generates an income of £14.8 billion [$20.57 billion] each year. The UK Space Agency’s aim is to drive growth into the UK economy by supporting the development of space technology and skills, as…...

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With Space a Warfighting domain, Countries plan military space strategy and space commands for deterrence , space control , and space protection

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As the space domain has become more congested, the potential for intentional and unintentional threats to space system assets has increased. Space is also becoming another domain of conflict due to enhanced militarization and weaponization of space. There has been…...

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Meteor scatter or Meteor burst communications (MBC) can provide anti-jamming, nuclear survivable backup to satellite communications even in Arctic Region

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As warfighting has progressively become more sophisticated, involving larger forces, encompassing greater areas, and containing many new and more lethal weapon systems, the communication systems supporting the command and control functions have undergone a similar evolution. Communication methods have evolved…...

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