CDI Space Security Update #12: Dec. 1, 2006

Space Radar stymied by NRO, Air Force in-fighting • Space industry estimated to reach $180 billion • United States argues against restricting space actions • SBIRS payload tested • GPS satellite cleared for work • Russian military cancels restrictions on satellite navigation system • Indo–Russian space cooperation agreement signed into law • President of India calls for new space data role • China’s satellite ambitions, woes • China’s Compass network • China: first a new ship, then its own space station • Russian general worries about U.S. space-based missile defense.
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Author(s): Tim Murphy, Victoria Samson.