Maxar Technologies is monitoring the military developments surrounding tensions and cites several new Russian deployments in Crimea and in western Russia near the Ukraine border.
Satellite imagery from commercial providers shows crowds of people gathered on the tarmac at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan as thousands of people try to exit the country.
The head of U.S. Space Force said a July 15 event involving a small space vehicle is "further evidence of Russia's continuing efforts to develop and test space-based systems."
America’s four greatest adversaries are investing in systems that can take out satellites on orbit, including funding laser systems, nuclear power and satellites that shadow American space vehicles.
An Iranian rocket failed to put a satellite into orbit on Sunday, state television reported, the latest setback for a program the U.S. claims helps Tehran advance its ballistic missile program.
Iranian officials and satellite images suggest the Islamic Republic is preparing to a launch a satellite into space after three major failures last year, the latest for a program which the U.S. claims helps Tehran advance its ballistic missile program.