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Russia registering massive movement of US' GSSAP military satellites by Staff Writers Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 28, 2019
The Russian track means are registering massive movement of the US Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) military satellites in the geostationary orbit, the Russian Astro Space Center said in a document obtained by Sputnik. In 2014-2016, the United States launched four satellites under the GSSAP program aimed at controlling the space in the interests of the US Air Force. The Astro Space Center's document said that the Russian systems had registered intensive movement of all four GSSAP satellites. For example, one of the GSSAP satellites, which was launched in 2014, had carried out more than 400 manoeuvres before 2018, according to the document. The paper added that sometimes the GSSAP space vehicles were approaching other US satellites to inspect them. Source: Sputnik News
China 'compressing' technology gains: US intel official Washington (AFP) Jan 23, 2019 China is making technological advances in a far shorter timeframe than it took the United States, rapidly narrowing the gap between the two countries, a senior US intelligence official said Tuesday. Reaping the benefits of sending tens of thousands of students and researchers to the United States, and a determined policy to buy and steal US technology, Beijing has "compressed the timeframe" for catching up, and now has "remarkable" capabilities, the official told journalists on condition of anonymit ... read more
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