Tag: Satellites
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Flag stress among Brandenburg physicists and fears, that Israeli military could benefit from German technology

The DESY research centre in Zeuthen is working on an Israeli observation satellite with an unprecedented wide angle. Employees criticise the one-sided positioning in the Gaza war. In three years’ time, a flying telescope could revolutionise space observation: A rocket…
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Bundeswehr spying from space: A Musk rocket has launched the last two SARah satellites

The German military wants to use a new radar spy system to spy through trees and camouflage nets from space. Secret service agents could also benefit from this. On Sunday, the German Armed Forces launched two more satellites from their…
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With sousveillance against the watchers

Images from satellites and drones could support civilian rescue organisations in operations in the Mediterranean, and an app could help against pushbacks at land borders. But the technology is currently only helping in rudimentary ways at best. The Mediterranean Sea…
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EU finances defence against “hypersonic threats”

Russia, China and North Korea have missiles with very high velocities. The EU cannot yet combat such systems. For the first time, the EU Commission has released funds from the European Defence Fund. The first €1.2 billion is to be…